The forces of the Libyan National Transitional Council, the NTC, have entered one of the two remaining strongholds held by pro-Gaddafi forces, the city of Sirte. It's unclear how many Gaddafi loyalists are still holding out there. The BBC's Alastair

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Actress Gabrielle Union started off playing teenagers on TV in the 1990s. Now she stars in the BET show Being Mary Jane, playing the role of a powerful cable news anchor who is equally fierce in her personal life. (SOUNDBITE OF T

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Weaker-than-expected job growth in December is raising questions about whether the economy is as strong as previously thought. As NPRs Shortage explains lots of economists are actually skeptical of the governments December unemployment report accurat

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Netflix blew past Wall Street expectations this week and added close to 7.5 million new subscribers. Its popularity has been leaving rivals Amazon and Hulu in the dust. NPR's Laura Sydell looks at whether the company that made bin

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Japanese Couple Exposes Scars of Nanjing Massacre on Stage Sixty-nine-year-old Japanese artist Kazuko Yokoi knows the atrocity in Nanjing in 1937 from the victims and her own family. She is now bringing a one-woman show on stage called The Eyes Hold

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January 24th 1848 In Northern California,James Marshall finds a gold nugget at Sutters Mills a discovery that sparks The Gold Rush the following year. 1965 in London ,former British prime minister Winston Churchill who led his nation through the dark

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主餐一道:泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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Crime in the city of Clio hit a 30-year low last year. This is absolutely wonderful for our citizens, our businesses, and our visitors, said Police Chief Louis Gates. Clio has a population of 28,000, but it has at least 30 gangs. The gangs make most

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This is AP News Minute. Officials in Texas say sexual abuse is wide spread in this polygamist compound. Court documents also charged that the girls are spiritually married off to much older men as soon as they reach puberty. Authorities began invest

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The mother of a young rape victim in central China's Hunan Province has filed a petition over her detainment in a labor camp. The mother - surname Tang - was sent to a labor camp in August after campaigning for harsher punishments for those found gui

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Fire fighters in New South Wales are battling a large out-of-control blaze in the Warrumbungle National Park in the state's north. Several buildings at the Siding Spring Observatory and at least six properties west of Coonabarabran have been destroye

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Under the new amendments, those convicted of abusing a child or an elderly person can face up to 3-years in prison, a move many here in China are applauding. Laws are supposed to protect the disadvantaged. Everyone will get old, and most people can h

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STEPHEN FEE: Lisa Brunner spent her childhood on and around the White Earth Indian reservation, a huge tract of land in northern Minnesota that's home to around 4-thousand Native Americans like her. Brunner grew up surrounded by domestic violence and

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DRC Sexual Violence Sharply Risesc 刚果性暴力事件骤增 The U.N. refugee agency says theres been an alarming rise in sexual violence in the DRCs North Kivu Province. Fighting between government forces and two rebel groups has displaced thousan

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BBC News with Marion Marshall The internationally recognised winner of the presidential election in Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has called on the West African regional grouping Ecowas to send in special forces to remove his rival Laurent Gbagbo f

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Todays Spotlight is

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Rebekah Schipper. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of Broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 1

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Syrian opposition groups have called on President Assad to resign immediately and make way for a transition to democracy. It comes as Syrian troops and tanks continue operations in the town of Rastan, where more than 50 people are reported to have be

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Hours before a deadline for Greece to repay 1.6 billion euros, Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras urged his countrys voters to back his plans to end austerity. He said no vote in Sundays referendum would help negotiate a more favorable settlement to his co

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