President Obama expressed regret today for saying the Cambridge police acted stupidly when they arrested Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates last week. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. The President spoke by telephone with the police sergeant who arres

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Illinois ousted Governor Rod Blagojevich is sentenced to 14 years in prison for political corruption. After learning his fate today, Rod Blagojevich told reporters he was going home to speak with his family about the road ahead. If you can meet with

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Zimbabwes New President Promises Reform, Urges Forgiveness Zimbabwe has its first new leader in nearly 40 years. Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn-in as the country's president on Friday, ending 37 years of rule by Robert Mugabe. Mugabe resigned on Tuesda

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1. President Barack Obama says he is pleased the Senate has passed a two-month extension of the social security payroll tax cut. The Senate voted 89 to 10 in favor of the measure today. It also extends jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. 2

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Iraq Changes Top Leadership at a Difficult Time 在困难时期,伊拉克改变最高领导层 From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday that he would leave his position as prime minister of Iraq. His decision open

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AS IT IS 2014-11-26 Central African Republic Losing the Next Generation 中非共和国跨倒的一代人 The Central African Republic has been unsettled since 2013. First, the Seleka rebel group ousted the government. The Seleka fighters were mostly

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Raskin's former student Bill Atkinson sided with Jobs. 拉斯金以前的学生比尔阿特金森这次站到了乔布斯的阵营中。 They both wanted a powerful processor that could support whizzier graphics and the use of a mouse. 他和乔布斯都

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IN THE NEWS - After Three Years, Iraq Still a Major Issue in American PoliticsBy Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Saturday, March 18, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Three year

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埃及宣布穆斯林兄弟会为恐怖组织 CAIRO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian government on Wednesday blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the bombing of the police headquarter in Mansoura city and officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a te

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ABUJA, NIGERIANigeria's electoral commission has officially declared presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of Saturday's presidential election, defeating incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. The

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Former world No.1 Ivanovic upset at China Open BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Serb Ana Ivanovic's 4th consecutive run to the quarterfinals at the China Open was snipped here on Wednesday as the former world No.1 lost to Romina Oprandi of Switzerland in

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Libya's government 利比亚政府 Sailing into troubled waters 驶向穷途 A struggle to control oil exports reflects deeper dysfunction 政府职能紊乱,无力控制原油出口 OIL IS our strength, declares a billboard campaign launched by Li

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奥地利部长呼吁谈判解决克里米亚危机 VIENNA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Austrian Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner on Thursday called for a reasonably negotiated solution to the crisis in Ukraine's southern Crimea autonomous republic. Ru

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US treads careful path on Honduras 美国在对待洪都拉斯问题上小心翼翼。 US President Barack Obama has called the removal of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya on Sunday a coup. The ousted leader has been meeting US officials in Washington. But the US St

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THE HAGUE, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Julien Benneteau caused a major surprise in the quarter-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Friday by beating top seed Roger Federer 6-3, 7-5. Federer, the reigning champion in Rotterdam, was

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乌克兰年轻一代寻找新方向 KYIV, UKRAINE Ukraine is a very different country than it was just a week ago, following a protest movement led by young people who overthrew the Russian-backed government. They now want to take the country in a n

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五角大楼呼吁埃及透明的宪法公投 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday called for a transparent constitutional referendum in Egypt to ensure all voters cast their vote freely on Tuesday and Wednesda

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The Pirates Abandon Ship 海盗弃船 Upon his return from Europe in August 1985, while he was casting about for what to do next, 1985年8月,乔布斯从欧洲回来,正在琢磨接下来要做些什么。 Jobs called the Stanford biochemist Pau

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Jobs refused him permission to use some code he had created while at Pixar, which further inflamed their enmity. 乔布斯拒绝史密斯使用他在皮克斯时编写的代码,这又进一步加深了彼此的敌意。 Alvy eventually got what he

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Thailand 泰国 Everything is broken 支离破碎 Long in crisis, Thailand is close to the brink. Without compromises on both sides, it may well collapse 深陷危机,泰国局势急转直下。对峙双方若互不让步,该国局势可能即将崩

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