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That's the United Kingdom might be going through right now. The country's economy has been downed recently. If the UK is in recession, it will be the second one in 4 years. It's not the only coutry dealing with the economic problems though. China has

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A massive earthquake followed by the threat of tsunamis, for people in Indonesia, that combination could bring up tragic memories. In 2004, there was an earthquake off the Indonesia coast and that triggered tsunamis, this giant wall of water, it kill

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Alright, it's true. The weekend is over and I'm sorry about that, but that does mean it's the start of the whole new week of CNN Student News - that's a good thing. I'm Carl Azuz, bringing you today's headlines from the CNN news room in Atlanta, Geor

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This is the only horse race in the world to be run at the edge of the sea. Held once a year on Laytown Beach near Dublin, it reflects Irelands centuries-old love affair with the horse. Man has bred these horses for speed and endurance. He has left hi

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As I watched the devastating Victorian bushfires that burned countless homes and killed too many people last February, it reminded me that we cannot ignore the possibility of bad things happening. I arrived at Melbourne airport that Saturday afternoo

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Delta Blues: The Birth of American Music I look at blues as the way of life its a story, a story told with music. That voice belongs to Jimmy Duck Holmes, a blues musician. He is sitting on an old chair in a dark corner of the Blue Front Cafe playing

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