The US military is continuing air strikes in Iraq this weekend against targets controlled by militants from the Islamic State group. NPR's ** reports the White House has not ruled out expanding air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria. In

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Iraq Launches Offensive Against Islamic State WASHINGTON Iraq has launched an offensive to retake territory lost to Islamic State insurgents. Local Kurdish and Shi'ite militias have joined government forces to fight the invading radical group and the

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Strategy to End AIDS Epidemic 终结艾滋病的策略 A leading AIDS advocacy group says while the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is within reach, success is far from assured. AVAC has released a science-based agenda to end the more than 30-year-old e

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AS IT IS 2016-10-02 Meltwater Lakes in Antarctica Show Signs of Trouble 南极洲或因融水湖增多而不断瓦解 Antarctica is home to the largest ice mass on Earth. The continent sits on 14 million square kilometers of rock. About 98 percent of

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The city of Cape Town, South Africa has announced new water restrictions as officials warn the water supply could run dry in three months. The order to take effect February 1 - will cut city residents daily water usage by nearly half over current res

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Transcript From NPR news, in Washington, I am Jack Speer. Georgia and Ukraine may not have formally got on the path toward NATO membership today, but the alliance did pledge eventual membership for the two ex-Soviet states. And Bush administration o

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1. A jury has recommended death for John Evander Couey. Couey was convicted last week of the rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford. The judge will make the final decision on his sentence. 2. It was an up-and-down day on Wall Street with the

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Supporters of Cameroons Indomitable Lions are demanding the ouster of their French trainer Paul Le Guen following the team's loss to Japan on Monday Divine Ntaryike | Durban, South Africa 16 June 2010 Cameroons coach Paul Marie Le Guen of France init

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Soccer fans in South Africa for the World Cup will also have the opportunity learn about some of the country's turbulent history. June 16 is the national holiday called Youth Day. On this date in 1976, Hector Peterson, a 12-year-old schoolboy was kil

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Massive Gas Fields Discovered Off Mozambique International energy companies say they have discovered potentially massive natural gas fields off the coast of Mozambique. The Italian energy firm ENI last month announced two major finds in the Mamba Sou

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US Maintains Presence in Jordan A detachment of F-16 fighter jets and patriot missile batteries are staying at the request of Jordan. U.S. officials say the aim is to help Jordanian forces in their efforts to prevent a spillover of the Syrian conflic

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Days after President Barack Obama unveiled a new U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan, U.S. officials are stressing an eventual drawdown of American troops will be done gradually and in a manner that allows Afghan forces to assume security responsibiliti

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China's new energy vehicle market has recorded another year of rapid growth, as the government continues to encourage the development of green transportation. And government is continuing to push this development further through the use of national p

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At this point, about 4.5 billion years ago, an object the size of Mars crashed into Earth, blowing out enough material to form a companion sphere, the Moon. Within weeks, it is thought, the flung material had reassembled itself into a single clump, a

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Social conservative Rick Santorum, anti-war advocate Ron Paul, and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are virtually tied in early vote counting in the U.S. state of Iowa, in the first nominating contest of the 2012 presidential election. With

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They should therefore save income earned as a result of stimulus in order to have it on hand for when the bill came due. 因而,为了在账单到期时手里有钱,他们应当把作为刺激结果而挣到的收入存起来。 The multiplier on

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U.S. officials are stressing an eventual drawdown of American troops will be done gradually and in a manner that allows Afghan forces to assume security responsibilities Michael Bowman | Washington 06 December 2009 Defense Secretary Robert Gates test

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China launches Shenzhou 8 to test space docking China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 has blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi desert area. The spacecraft, carried by a modified Long March-2F carrier rocket,

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三名来自布鲁克林的女孩子组成的Au Revoir Simone乐团成立于2003年,其音乐带有明显的梦幻色彩,被歌迷称为独特的dream pop风格。这首歌曲选自其07年的专辑The Bird Of Music。 Au Revoir Simone - :The L

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Coming up, European Union leaders have signed anagreement on closer relations with Ukraine asRussia formalizes its annexation of Crimea. Ukraines Acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, This is the historic day for my country and we believe this is

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