The Obama administration wants to cut the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%. NPR's Scott Horsley reports that's part of a broader proposal designed to simplify the tax code. The current corporate tax rate is one of the highest in the world. Whil

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1. The death-watch is on for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Officials Wednesday said Mubarak was taken off life support and he's now in a coma. This is mixing on certain political back trial that's the royal of the country following the rec

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1. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Pyongyang for the funeral of the late North Korean President Kim Jong Il. Kim's son and heir apparent Kim Jong Un saluted troops who paid tribute to his father. 2. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mu

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Another air traffic controller was found asleep on the job; this time in Miami. The Federal Aviation Administration says it has suspended the controller in Miami who fell asleep early this morning. The FAA also announced today it will ban scheduling

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I'm Carl Azuz, and Fridays are awesome, especially when they start with a former NFL star.What's up! I'm Warrick Dunn, and this is CNN Student News. Check it out! Scenes of celebration turn to shouts of anger as the crisis in Egypt takes a new turn.

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The nearly three decades he's spent in power, thousands of Egyptians are calling for President Mubarak to step down. In the U.S., presidents can only serve two terms. But in Egypt, there are no term limits. That's one reason why Mubarak has been pres

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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day when four hijacked planes crashed in three places in the US. The remembrances began in New York, where the first and then the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. President Obama was there this

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. More neighborhoods are taking on water in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Governor Haley Barbour is sounding this warning. You need to go on and get out now while you can. With the Mississippi River still

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Lawlessness is spreading in central Cairo where protesters for and against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have been engaged in running street battles, allowing businesses to be looted and buildings torched, all this with apparently little intervent

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Thousands of riot police blocked streets in Algiers today to stop anti-government protests there. Some arrests were reported. Activists are attempting to hold a pro-democracy rally. Such protests are banned by the government under a state of emergenc

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We are expecting to hear shortly from President Obama on his reaction to developments out of Egypt, where President Hosni Mubarak announced he had resigned. It is a dramatic scene in Tahrir Square which erupted in cheers on news today that Mubarak wa

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There's apparently been a change at the top of Egypt's ruling political party. NPR's Corey Flintoff reports some party leaders have stepped down, including Gamal Mubarak, son of the president. The state-controlled news outlet says embattled President

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CAIRO, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The draft law limiting protests in Egypt, which is currently being studied after recently being announced by Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki, stirred up an overwhelming debate in the Egyptian political arena. Contradictory repo

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CAIRO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi said Wednesday that he is currently discussing a cabinet reshuffle with Prime Minister Hesham Qandil. Morsi made the remarks when addressing the nation Wednesday evening, one day after the co

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Earlier this week, Hosni Mubarak promised to leave office, but not until elections in September. President Obama spoke twice with the Egyptian leader by phon

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> 71 埃及敦促美国对中东和平贡献更多力量 Egypt Urges Greater US Involvement In Mideast Peace Sonja Pace Cairo 26 Jun 2001 20:14 UTC Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is warning of a glob

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Mubarak Sends Letter to Bush Greg Lamotte Cairo 3 Aug 2001 14:36 UTC There is increasing concern in Egypt about the 1)escalation of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As a result Egypt ' s

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1. Spain's prime minister says he is expecting 2012 to be a bad year for the economy. The euro zone nation could get a bailout of up to $125 billion for its banks. But the prime minister says Spain will remain in recession and unemployment will proba

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: With protests continuing in Egypt, public acceptance of the new military government's rule may rest on its ability to kick-start an economic recovery. Egypt's sputtering economy has brought electricity shortages, long lines of peop

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Egyptian riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed into Cairo's Tahrir Square early Saturday to dismantle a protest camp erected a day earlier, killing one person and injuring more than 650 others. Witnesses said the clashes erupted afte

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