From NPR News in Washington, I am Craig Windham. The second ranking Democrat in the Senate Dick Durbin of Illinois says President Obama is likely to announce this week his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court justice David Souter. Durbin says M

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The levees and protective sandbag barriers in Fargo, North Dakota have so far worked in holding back the waters of the Red River, which is some 20 feet above flood stage. The National Weather Service says the river seems to have crested at 41 feet,

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NPR News has learned that the Obama Administration asked the Chairman and CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner to step down and he has agreed to do so. The move comes as the president says GM and Chrysler need to rethink the reorganization plans they

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It was Saturday morning, and Katie got up late. She finished her breakfast and suddenly remembered that The Amazing Journey was on television She did not normally watch a lot of TV she preferred to see 360 Degree animations on her mums crystal ball b

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Katie Cancels the School Rules Hello, This is Natasha, and Im here with the latest story about katie the witch. Katies form teacher, Miss Vile, has a motto. It is this: The Rules are the Rules. If anyone ever complains about a punishment by saying: B

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has called for a wave of protests this Friday following President Mohammed Morsi's ouster. The head of Egypt's constitutional court, Adly Mansour, who is now the country's new interim leader, has pledged to hold elections b

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TEHRAN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran arrested a 55-year old American woman on espionage(间谍) charges, a local newspaper reported Thursday. The local Farsi-language IRAN newspaper said the woman who had set spying equipment in her teeth and entered Iran

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The Standing Committee of Chinas National Peoples Congress, the countrys top legislature, has voted to adopt revisions to the Environmental Protection Law. The move brings the first changes to the countrys environmental law in 25 years. The highly an

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A New York judge has dismissed sexual assault charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one day after prosecutors moved to have the case dropped. After the dismissal Tuesday, an appeals court rejected his accuse

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A new study shows that former Chadian President Hissene Habre knew about hundreds of deaths in prisons operated by his political police. Mr. Habre has been under house arrest in Senegal since 2000. He fled to Senegal after being deposed in 1990 and h

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December 18th, 1944The US Supreme Court rules on the forced relocation and detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II. While the High Court opposes the relocation, it adds the Americans of Japanese ancestry who are undeniably loyal can no lo

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Two presidents of Egypt have been ousted after often violent street demonstrations since the Arab Spring, but a law passed in November now bans any protest that is not sanctioned by the Egyptian government as part of the broad crac

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US Names 55 Guantanamo Detainees Cleared for Release The list represents about a third of the 167 terrorist suspects still in detention at Guantanamo more than 11 years after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Many of the men are from Y

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Russias ruling party won only half of the votes in elections on Sunday. But opponents say even that poor showing was boosted by widespread fraud. Now they are protesting. Protests against Sundays Duma elections are spreading across Russia. On Tuesday

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A man in his sixties climbed the cables of the Second Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province. Standing 30 meters above the deck of the bridge, the man threatened to jump. 据报道,湖北武汉一名六旬男子日前爬上了长江二桥斜拉

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I am Stewart Macintosh with the BBC news. Hello. The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has asked the supreme court to block impeachment proceedings against her in a final attempt to stop the process before she faces a crucial vote in senate. If a si

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1. procrustean /prəʊˈkrʌstɪən/ -- cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity Procrustes 是一个强盗,抓到受害者后会拉长他们的身体或砍掉腿以适合他床铺的长度。普洛克路斯忒斯(Procrustes)是希腊神话中

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Over recent days we have witnessed some of the most intricate diplomacy. The announcement that Iran had met its initial obligations under the nuclear agreement signed last July, is a triumph. Its all a far cry from the usual blows traded between Iran

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Hello, I'm Kathy Clugston with the BBC news. The British Prime Minister David Cameron is to brief Parliament on the details of his proposals to renegotiate Britain's membership of the European Union. The European Parliament in Strasburg is also debat

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