A Straight Wall Is Hard to Build By Lou R. Crandall As I try to outline my thoughts, the subject becomes more and more difficult. I have many basic beliefs, but as I try to pick and choose, it seems to me that they can all be summarized in the word c

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BBC News with Marian Marshall. Riot police in Russia have detained hundreds of people at anti-corruption demonstrations across the country. The biggest protests and most arrests were in Moscow and St.Petersburg. The man who organized the protests, a

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Ralph Henry Reese remembers clearly the day he and his wife decided to start City of Asylum Pittsburgh. It was in 1997. He and his wife, Diane Samuels, were attending a talk by British Indian writer Salman Rushdie at the University of Pittsburgh. The

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Water Becoming More Precious Than Oil in Arab World 在阿拉伯水比油更珍贵 While one of the most pressing political and social issues facing the Arab world rarely makes headlines, it is an iss

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Message on World Youth Skills Day 世界青年技能日致辞 15 July 2016 2016年7月15日 Todays world has the largest generation of youth in history. Their needs and potential are increasingly recognized in the international community. I am proud

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There is political turmoil in Israel after negotiations on forming a new government collapsed. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Tzipi Livni, 5 Oct., 2008 The ultra-Orthodox Shas party has decided not to join a government led b

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UN Issues Urgent Appeal for Emergency Aid to Haiti Jim Teeple The United Nations on Tuesday issued an urgent appeal for emergency aid to Haiti to help Haitians who are affected by political turmoil .

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International Cooperation Under Strain The World Trade Organization is holding its annual public forum in Geneva. Representatives from governments, NGOs, business and academia are debating whether international cooperation is suffering in these turbu

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US Economy Faces Another Cliff The U.S. government has already reached the congressionaly imposed borrowing limit of $16.4 trillion and could run out of money by mid-February. New York trader Benedict Willis says the coming debate over raising the de

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Heart! We will forget him! You and I - tonight! You may forget the warmth he gave - I will forget the light! When you have done, pray tell me That I may straight begin! Haste! lest while you're lagging I remember him! She speaks to her heart as a dea

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Economists from the International Monetary Fund say the current financial turmoil in advanced economies should prompt China to rebalance its economy to secure sustainable growth. IMF economists made the remarks at a seminar in Beijing, explaining the

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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iran's defiance has convinced nations involved in the issue, including Russia and China, that stronger action is warranted. Al Pessin | Forward Operating Base Warrior, near Kirkuk, Iraq 11 December 2009 US Defen

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In 1498, the Portuguese became the first Europeans to reach India by sea. They came in search of spices and Christian souls, spices they found in abundance, but the Christians they would have to generate for themselves. The capital city of old Goa qu

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The devastation caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake only adds to Haiti's decades of trouble and turmoil. In January 1991, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide took office after winning Haiti's first democratic election in a landslide, only to be ouste

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World markets are sharply higher amid aggressive multinational efforts to unfreeze credit and reverse the global financial crisis. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. A trader checks screens on London stock market movements shortly after

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EU and IMF inspectors are set to return to Greece today to decide whether Athens has done enough to secure its latest installment of its EU/IMF bailout. As CRI's Su Yi reports, at the same time, the German parliament is also set to vote on whether to

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Business: Schumpeter: Risky business 商业:熊皮特:冒险的生意 Managers need to watch political risk in developed markets as well as emerging ones. 管理者不仅需要留意新兴市场,还要关注成熟市场的政治风险。 Multin

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The Kronos Quartet began its Fall 2010 touring season in its hometown San Francisco, by premiering work by a young Iranian composer, along with a selection of new and recent compositions written in reaction to social and political turmoil. Also on th

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Hu Jintao meets with Hong Kong, Taiwan and US Business leaders Chinese President Hu Jintao reaffirms support to Hong Kong's stability and prosperity during a meeting with Donald Tsang, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. H

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模仿文本: It's October, 1984, and India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is facing some of the worst political turmoil of her career. Long-running conflicts between Sikhs and Hindus have come to a head over the summer after Mrs Gandhi sent in the

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