From NPR News in Washington. I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is pressing Congress to make tough choices to raise the debt ceiling before an August 2nd deadline. The president spoke during a White House news conference as NPR's Brian Naylor reports

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Those We Said Goodbye to in 2017 They made you cry and they made you laugh. Some united a country and others divided its people. 他们让你哭,让你笑。有些人让一个国家团结起来,有些则让这个国家的人民分裂。 Here is a

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Introduction: How This Book Came to Be 前言:本书是如何诞生的 In the early summer of 2004, I got a phone call from Steve Jobs. 2004年的初夏,我接到史蒂夫乔布斯(Steve Jobs)打来的电话。 He had been scattershot friendly to

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1. Libyans are celebrating the capture of Muammar Gadhafi's son. Saif al-Islam was caught last night in Libya's southern desert. He was considered the heir apparent and was the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large. 2. Mor

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AS IT IS 2015-11-22 Who Is Islamic State and How Did They Get This Big? 伊斯兰国怎么发展起来的? Who and what is the terrorist group that carried out deadly attacks last week in Paris? They call themselves the Islamic State of Iraq and the

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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. President Barack Obama's pick as the new commander(司令官) in Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that fighting in the country could intensify(加强) in coming months and he supports the time

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- AOL's chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Armstrong has reached out to Yahoo for talks of a merger of the two companies, U.S. media reported on Friday. Armstrong is discussing options for a combination aimed at streng

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BANGKOK Thailand's ruling military has detained a minister in the ousted government, minutes after he denounced last week's coup as illegitimate. Soldiers burst into the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Thailand Tuesday and took former education minis

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埃新宪法草案获公投高票通过 CAIRO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved the country's new constitution by 98.1 percent of votes saying yes to the military-backed charter, the High Election Commission (HEC) officiall

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CHANGZHOU, Jiangsu Province, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese badminton team were on verge of another clean sweep after last month's world championships as they had secured one-two in three of the five events on Saturday. Shuttlers from other teams could

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MELBOURNE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- History was made when Wu Di became the first Chinese man to have played a Grand Slam match here on Tuesday. History was also made by Japan's 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm, who shocked 12th seed Nadia Petrova to become t

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To Be on Your Own 靠自己 The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost, Arthur Rock later said. 对于史蒂夫来说,最好的事情就是我们解雇了他,叫他滚蛋。亚瑟罗克之后说道。 The th

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Seven Days in May 五月的关键七天 Thursday, May 23: At his regular Thursday meeting with his top lieutenants in the Macintosh division,5月23日,周四:在麦金塔部门的髙层例会上,Jobs told his inner circle about his plan to oust

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PARIS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- France on Monday condemned recent violence in Egypt, calling on all parties to exercise restraint to avoid further escalation of tension. France condemns the violence that broke out these past days, wherever it comes from, s

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美国关注埃及示威法 WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Monday expressed concern about a new Egyptian law regulating demonstrations in the country, saying it will not help Egypt in its transition toward democracy. We are conc

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Chinese young paddler Xu eyes on Rio Olympics SUZHOU, East China, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Just back home from London two weeks ago, one of China's most hopeful paddlers Xu Xin has set his eyes on the next Olympic Games in Rio four years later. Having sta

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埃及警方否认使用致命武器 CAIRO - Egyptian police spokesman said Saturday that the police forces only used tear gas in the clashes erupted on Friday. Hany Abdel Latif, the spokesman, denied in a televised statement that police officers fir

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Syrias war 叙利亚战争 Their own men 自己人 Islamist rebels sever ties with the political opposition 伊斯兰反对派与政治反对派断绝关系 Sep 28th 2013 | CAIRO AND ISTANBUL |From the print edition SYRIAS exiled opposition has long

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Apple Falling 苹果坠落 For a few years after Jobs was ousted, 在乔布斯出局后的几年, Apple was able to coast comfortably with a high profit margin based on its temporary dominance in desktop publishing. 苹果公司由于暂时统领桌面

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American Revolution The American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in,

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