What Determines Who is Really a Refugee? 谁是真正的难民? UNITED NATIONS As thousands of children crowd U.S. detention centers, officials struggle to deal with the situation. More than 21,000 unaccompanied children arrived last year from El Sal

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意大利和希腊面临移民压力 WASHINGTON Conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and other parts of the world are creating waves of refuges, ready to risk their lives to escape misery. Europe has been flooded with migrants and this

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The National Institute of Health is out with a critical study that finds a treating high blood pressure more aggressively than usual can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and death among people over the age of 50. Doctor JT is the princi

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BBC news with Jonathan Izard. Republicans in the US congress have withdrawn a controversial initiative to strip an independent congressional ethics watchdog of its powers. The plan,which outraged Democrats, also drew criticism from the president-elec

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Amnesty International says the Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in what it considers war crimes and crimes against humanity. The rights group is accusing the government of carrying out systematic torture at a jail 30 kilometers f

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Hollywood Thriller Unsane Filmed Totally on iPhone For many people, smartphones have replaced cameras as the main way to capture personal pictures and video. The quality of the devices has greatly improved. Even some Hollywood filmmakers have decided

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British Airways Cancels London-Washington Flight Michael Bowman Another international flight to the United States has been cancelled amid continued security worries. British Airways scrubbed one of th

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Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to break up demonstrations. Protesters said at least 40 people, many of them students, were injured. The protesters are demanding better enforcement of traffic safety laws and better pr

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British Official Calls for Tough New Anti-Terror Powers Tom Rivers Britain's Home Secretary David Blunkett called Wednesday for tougher new powers to combat terrorism. But he acknowledged in parliamen

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Five alleged conspirators in the September 11 attacks, who are on trial at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have told the judge they want to confess, and have withdrawn all legal motions filed as part of their defense. In the specially b

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Many Hmong fought with the United States against communist forces during the Vietnam War and say Lao government has discriminated against their families ever since. Daniel Schearf | Bangkok 23 December 2009 Photo: AP Hmong refugees walk outside their

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1. Johnson Johnson (强生公司) and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay over 2.2 billion dollars to settle allegations that it promoted powerful psychiatric drugs for unproved uses in children, seniors and disable patients. The company was also acc

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1. From the UK to the US, fans of music icon David Bowie are mourning the loss of the music legend. A memorial with flowers and notes lined the streets outside Bowies NY City apartment, while in south London, fans flocked to the artists birthplace in

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AS IT IS 2014-09-20 Vietnam Rejects Reports of Police Abuse 越南反警察虐待的报告 Vietnam has rejected a report that accuses Vietnamese police of abusing detainees. Vietnams Foreign Ministry says the country has a firm commitment against all

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18 Films Seek Top Prize at Cannes Film Festival 戛纳电影节18部影片角逐最高荣誉 The 68th Festival de Cannes opened Wednesday in France. Many in the movie-making business consider the 12-day event to be the most important film festival in

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The migrants, mainly from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan's Darfur, are trying to find jobs in Israel, but Israeli leaders view this as a threat to security and to the Jewish character. Luis Ramirez | Israeli-Egyptian border 28 January 2010 Watch: Ramire

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A spokesman for the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab on Friday denied issuing a new threat against Kenya, saying that a recording posted online is a fake. Tensions in Kenya has increased. Kenya is reported to have detained as many as 2000 peo

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In southern Yemens port city of Aden, many locals complain that the northern government ignores the south, supplying jobs and government services only to the northern provinces About a year ago, in the weeks after I moved to Yemen, my new local frien

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Egyptian-born columnist, Mona Eltahawy, writes about Middle Eastern political affairs for a number of international newspapers Today, we continue looking at the question of whether new media - Facebook, blogging, tweeting - can bring democracy to the

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Global media rights groups are condemning the arrest and detention of a Somali radio reporter by the al-Shabab rebels. Somalia is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist. The National Union of Somali Journalis

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