From NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. The Souris River is cresting in Minot, North Dakota even as thousands struggle with the impact of the surging river water. In Sawyer, North Dakota, restaurant owner Connie Arnhold says that she's doi

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

President Obama is praising congressional negotiators for working out a deal on an overhaul of the rules governing Wall Street, and he is carrying his victory to Canada. This weekend in Toronto, I hope we can build on this progress by coordinating ou

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1. Britain's anti-terror police chief says two car bombs found in central London are clearly linked. The first vehicle packed with gasoline, propane and nails was discovered this morning in the city's bustling nightclub and theater district. Hours la

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

By Kane Farabaugh West Point, NY 27 July 2006 watch Warfare Training report More than 60 percent of U.S. Army personnel have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them were trained in the Cold War mentality of conflict with a superpower. Bu

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By Al Pessin Washington 22 February 2007 The second-ranking U.S. commander in Iraq says his forces are working to counter two new capabilities developed by insurgents -an improved ability to shoot down helicopters and a new type of bomb that involves

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 20 December 2006 watch report on Iraqi Attacks The U.S. Defense Department says insurgent and sectarian attacks in Iraq have soared to record highs over the last three months, to about 1,000 incidents each week. The Pe

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A court under the control of a Somali Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab has ordered four young men suspected of stealing guns and mobile phones to have a hand and a leg amputated, but the punishment was postphoned. An al-Shabab spokesman told the A

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U.S soldiers wait after collecting the body of an insurgent from a vineyard near the Bagram airbase after insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, in Bagram, Afghanistan. At least 10 insurgents have b

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Somalia's transitional government has called for the unconditional release of two French military advisors kidnapped Tuesday in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Both men are now believed to be held captive by an Islamist extremist group with ties to al

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U.S. and Iraqi forces have pushed into the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, north of Baghdad and taken control of key government buildings and religious sites. U.S. military officials estimate close to 100 insurgents were killed, and say one U.S. sol

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Algeria and France;War by any other name; 文艺;书评;阿尔及利亚与法国;冠以他名的战争; Algeria: France's Undeclared War. By Martin Evans. 《阿尔及利亚:法国未承认的战争》。作者马丁

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By Shahnawaz Khan Srinigar 29 October 2007 The International Committee to Ban Land Mines has been urging nations around the world to ban land mines. While India has resisted the ban because of security issues on its borders, an alliance of insurgents

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 18 January 2007 For months, Iraqi and U.S. officials have been trying to shut down a satellite television station that shows Iraqi insurgent videos and denounces the Shi'ite-led government of Iraq. But the station continu

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The international aid organization Oxfam says thousands of Somali families could be cut off from much needed aid if a U.S. bank goes through with plans to discontinue its money-wiring services at the end of this month. Last week, a small bank in the

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By George Dwyer Washington 09 May 2007 A U.S. military commander has apologized for the killings of Afghan civilians by U.S. Marines in early March. Colonel John Nicholson told reporters in Afghanistan that he met Tuesday (May 8th) with the families

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1. Anxiety has overtaken the market in the aftermath of the SP downgrade of US debt. The Dow dropped more than 600 points on Monday, closing below 11,000. 2. Despite its credit rating downgrade, the US always has been and always will be a triple-A co

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2 US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan The U.S. military says two American service members have died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan. The military says the attack took place on Saturday but provided no other information about the in

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Hundreds of majority Buddhists today protested in Myanmar over suggestions by the government that it might take back the nearly 600,000 minority Muslims who fled the country. The Rohingya, as they're known, are fleeing violence agai

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林肯第二任总统就职演说 SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in

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Middle East and Africa Nigeria's government 中东非洲 尼日利亚政府 At work at last 总算点卯了 After sixmonths, Nigeria's president no longer leads alone 过了六个月,尼日利亚总统才总算结束了孤立无援的窘境。 THE

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