1. A senior Iraqi military commander says the Islamic State fighters are putting up a tough fight in Ramadi. Iraqi forces are trying to retake that city which is west to Baghdad. 2. About 100 people in Chicago went to a ritual outside the home where

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2015(十二)月

Iraq Launches Operation to Recapture Anbar 伊拉克发兵企图重新夺回安巴尔 The Iraqi government said it has launched an operation to seize control of Anbar province from Islamic State militants. A government television broadcast announced

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Mexican authorities released video on Thursday of a Texas teenager who used an aflluenza defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident. The video shows Ethan Couch being taken to the Mexico City airport to fly back to the United States. Couch arrived b

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Brooke: Hey! Ask your mom for more old pictures, OK? Jack: Can't it wait? She's still angry that we sent e-mail wedding invitations. Brooke: But we saved your parents so much money... Jack: I know. And they're spending enough on the plane tickets to

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Chapter 32 第32章 The Mexican War 墨西哥战争 329. The Republic of Texas. 329.得克萨斯共和国 The Mexicans won their independence from Spain in 1821 and founded the Mexican Republic. 墨西哥人1821年脱离西班牙而独立,他们建

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Tyler acted very differently. 泰勒则做出截然不同的反应, Under his direction a treaty was made with Texas. 在他的指示下联邦与得克萨斯签订了一个条约, This treaty provided for the admission of Texas to the Union. 这个

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A: Hi. My name is Mark. B: Mark? I'm Bill. Glad to meet you. A: Yeah. So where are you from? B: I'm from Houston Texas. A: Oh... I'm from Southern California. B: So, what year are you? A: I'm a freshman. B: This is my first year too. A: So what made

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The Texas Board of Education has long promoted the teaching of creationism in schools instead of actual science. Its former chairman and current member Don McLeroy uttered this immortal line when confronted with numerous actual scientists urging that

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Melania Trump's Jacket Choice Criticized This is What's Trending Today... American first lady Melania Trump wore a piece of clothing that read I really dont care, do u? on her way to visit migrant children at a holding center in Texas. Some of the yo

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A gunman in Texas shot and killed 26 people in a church in the small community of Southerland Springs, Texas on Sunday. At least 20 people were injured in the shooting. Victims included children and the elderly. The suspected gunman is also dead. The

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Iraqs cabinet has taken action to try to isolate radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The cabinet gave preliminary approval today to a measure barring political parties that have militias, such as his, from participating in upcoming parliamentary

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. US military forces around the world were asked to observe a moment of silence today for those killed and wounded at the Fort Hood military post in Texas. That attack yesterday left 13 people dead and mo

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1.An L. A. county fire official says they've found three bodies from Friday night's massive accident on the I-5 Interstate. A man and a child were found in the cab of a produce truck. California transportation officials say the earliest the highway w

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今天我们要学的词是hoax。 Hoax, 骗局、恶作剧。美国警方证实,上星期的气球男孩事件是一起事先策划的恶作剧, The police have confirmed that the 'balloon boy' incident was a hoax. 俄亥俄州一名女子在一家服

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Wk 47 (22 November 1963) US President Is Shot In TexasThis Week in HistoryUS President John F. Kennedy is killed by an assassin's bullets in Dallas, Texas. In 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the USA, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, al

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A: Hi. My name is Mark. B: Mark? I'm Bill. Glad to meet you. A: Yeah. So where are you from? B: I'm from Houston Texas. A: Oh... I'm from Southern California. B: There must be a lot of cute girls over there huh? A: Hell yeah. But most of them are hoo

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October 16th, 1859 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on An incident that brings America closer to Civil War. Abolitionist John Brown's raid on a Federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry in whats now West Virginia, h

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October 16th, 1859 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on An incident that brings America closer to Civil War. Abolitionist John Brown's raid on a Federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry in whats now West Virginia, h

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Wow!That's a Big One! 哇!那个真是大得吓人 One day a tourist walked into a Texas tavern and ordered a shot of whiskey. 某一天一位观光客走进一家德州酒店点了一杯威士忌。 The bartender put a big tumbler full of whiskey in

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ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: For the first time in a presidential election, nine more states are enforcing new laws requiring eligible voters to present a government-issued photo ID at the polls. That includes New Hampshire, Virginia,

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