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Bicycle Mayor Program Shows Promise in Mexico City Her position is not official, but Areli Carreon of Mexico City is a mayor. She may be the bicycle mayor, but to her it is an important position. She works to make people in one of the worlds most con

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CNN 2010-05-08

A lot of landmarks right now in Nashville under water. Lets start with the good news though. The good news is, Brooke, that the Cumberland River has crested and is on the way down. They hopes its gonna be back in these banks within the next 24 hours.

NPR 2011-01-12

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is able to breathe on her own, but doctors says theyre keeping her on a breathing tube to protect her airway, and they have cut back her sedation. Giffords is the only one of the 14 survivors of Saturdays shoo

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Taiwan appeals for foreign help

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AP 2011-03-18

1. The crisis continues at a Japanese nuclear plant. A drop in water levels left uranium rods completely exposed today. And although the water was restored, the rods are again exposed after a second episode. That increases the risk that radiation wil

AP 2010-03-22

1. President Barack Obama is staying right here. He's decided not to fly to Asia this weekend, so he can be in town for a possible House vote on his health care plan Sunday. The White House says he'll head to Indonesia and Australia in June. 2. Jihad

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-21)

[1] Haitians flock to church services on Sunday looking for some respite from all the misery around them. Aid is still slow to reach the survivors, and rescue crews continue to scour the ruins for any sign of life. [2] President Barack Obama is evoki

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-22)

1. Two thousand US marines are expected to arrive off the coast of Haiti today to help relief organizations get supplies to earthquake survivors. The troop increase and a request for more UN peacekeepers comes a day after more violence in the Haitian

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The U.S. Geological Survey says the new quake, which shook Haiti just after sunrise Wednesday, was centered about 35 miles northwest of the capital Port au Prince. It was the largest of more than 40 significant aftershocks following the January 12th

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Jeremiah 耶利米书24

24After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the craftsmen and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front o

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