Chinese Undergraduates in the US Each year, elite American universities and liberal arts colleges, such as Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Amherst and Wellesley, offer a number of scholarships to Chinese high school graduates to study in their undergraduate

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Mount Everest looms in the distance. Its snow and ice-capped peak gleams in the sunshine. The Himalayan glacier is a fragile ecosystem, which environmentalists warn could soon disappear. Greenpeace says that as global warning increases temperatures a

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Whether it was believed to have been a big ball of cheese home to the men in the Moon, or possess the power to turn people into werewolves, the Moon has been a perpetual source of wonder from ancient times to today. Just one quarter the size of Earth

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THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre

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BRUSSELS NATO leaders are going to Brussels for a summit meeting on Thursday expecting to agree on key principles. With Monday's attack in Britain overshadowing the meeting, there will be quick consensus on the need to keep fighting terrorism both at

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1. It was insufficient security staffing that led to weaknesses at a diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. That's according to a panel reviewing the deadly September attack. Three State Department officials are resigning. 2. For a third straight day, f

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But, when I chose a career, as an adult, it was film making. And that seemed to be the best way to reconcile this urge I had to tell stories, with my urges to create images. And I was, as a kid, constantly drawing comic books, and so on. So, film mak

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Observations and research findings indicate that people in advanced industrial societies are increasingly concerned with opportunities for leisure and what they can do in their leisure time. The importance people attach to paid holidays and the rapid

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Kingslayer, Ned said. The rumors were true, then. He rode on dangerous ground now, he knew. 弑君者。奈德道。这么说来,所有的谣言都属实了。他很清楚自己此刻措辞务必小心谨慎。 An able and courageous man, no doubt,

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Karaoke and Counseling: Japans Tsunami Survivors Try to Rebuild Karaoke is helping to heal the wounds of last years tsunami. Traditional folk songs are favorite among the residents of Ofunatos temporary housing, like Kazue Hashiguchi. She says it is

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For 92-year old Glafcos Clerides, a British-educated lawyer and the first speaker of the Cypriot parliament, memories remain vivid of the young inexperienced first government of Archbishop Makarios. I can't describe that there were young politicians

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: So this is a very important deadline today for DACA recipients. That's the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects nearly 700,000 so-called DREAMers from deportation. Today is the last day for DACA recipients

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Gina Haspel, the first woman nominated to lead the CIA, almost stepped aside over the weekend. The Washington Post reported that Haspel was willing to withdraw rather than face tough questions over her role in the CIA's waterboar

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Republican Senator John McCain has not stepped foot in the Capitol this year. His brain cancer treatment and related health problems have kept him back home in Arizona. NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis reports McCa

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Egypt Protesters Defy Warning to Disperse埃及抗议者无视警告驱散 CAIRO Egyptian authorities have warned again that a siege of anti-government encampments is imminent, but tens of thousands of demonstrators camped out in key areas of Cairo r

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WASHINGTON, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Policymakers in different countries should seize the moment to strengthen cooperation, bolster global financial firewall and address key economic challenges, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International M

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Watch: Steve Baragona's video report Windows Media Many who lost tools, seeds wait for help Steve Baragona | Petit Guauve, Haiti 02 April 2010 Farmers near Petit Guave, Haiti prepare the soil for planting. I'm waiting for God's help. We will find oth

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But we live in a place that is 12,000 feet high. 但我们住在海拔3600多米的地方。 And, the patients there need a special device to solve their heart condition. 而且,那里的病人们需要一种特别的器材来解决他们的心脏问

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Loyalists of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were big winners in the recent parliamentary elections. With many reformists locked out of the electoral process, the contests were primarily between different factions in the conservative camp. In this elec

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尺素寸心(节选) An Excerpt from Limited Words vs. Boundless Friendship 余光中 By Yu Guangzhong 回信,固然可畏,不回信,也绝非什么乐事。书架上经常叠着百多封未回之信,债龄或长或短, 长的甚至一年

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