Lifelines of the Desert The Nasca desert in Southern Peru is a vast wasteland that stretches from the Andean 1)foothills to the Pacific Ocean. In 1926 came the first commercial flights over the area a

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A 23-year-old Nigerian man has been charged with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines plane. In a statement released by the Justice Department, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly boarded Flight 253 with a device attached to his body and tried

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The economy showing signs of turning a corner. The Labor Department reports today that employers cut 36,000 jobs last month far fewer than predicted. As Hugh Johnson, chief economist of Johnson Illington Advisors notes the unemployment rate remains s

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A fourth round of debt talks resume[s] this hour at the White House, with the administration saying it's confident, one way or another, lawmakers will vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling before an August 2nd deadline. But as NPR's Scott Horsley r

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MANILA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- A group of unidentified suspects attacked Tuesday night a police station by using a grenade launcher in southern Philippines, local police said. According to Compostela Valley Provincial Police Office, an alleged M203 gre

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From the CNN Center in Atlanta. I'm Nicole Lapin. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We now have a name and a face but still no motive for the deadly shooting at Northern Illinois University. A law enforcement source identified the s

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Post-apartheid South Africa;The rejected son; 文艺;书评;后种族隔离时代的南非;游子被拒在外; Sometimes There is a Void: Memoirs of an Outsider. By Zakes Mda. 有时候有一种空虚:局外人

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Michael Phelps' self-proclaimed girlfriend Taylor Lianne Chandler has just made a shocking admission. 自称为迈克尔菲尔普斯女友的泰勒丽芬妮钱德勒最近自曝了一条惊人的消息。 In a post on her Facebook, Chandler is reveal

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印度议会休会 NEW DELHI, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Parliament was adjourned for the second day in a row Tuesday following uproar by the country's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's r

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袭击中国学生损毁法国形象 BORDEAUX, France, June 16 (Xinhua) -- French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll on Sunday denounced the violent attack on Chinese students in southwest France, saying that the country's image was tarnished by t

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潘基文关注叙利亚危机的恶化 UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday called for an early end to the Syrian crisis while expressing concern for the deterioration of the conflict in the passing year of

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Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint, and where did these traditions come from?

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Turkey's former army chief was arrested on Friday over an alleged plot to topple the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. General Ilker Basbug is accused of leading a terrorist organization. Basbug was questioned for seven hours

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Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine president, has backed the idea of a new world order led by China and Russia, highlighting global uncertainty about US security and trade goals under Donald Trump. 菲律宾总统罗德里戈.杜特尔特(Rodrigo Dutert

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Three men have been found guilty of plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up planes flying from London to America with home-made liquid(液体) bombs. A Woolwich Crown Court jury convicted Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Ass

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North Korea conducted a 'successful' hydrogen bomb test, Pyongyang has confirmed. The thermonuclear weapon triggered a massive 5.1 magnitude earthquake when it exploded at 10am local time on Wednesday. 平壤方面已经证实,朝鲜成功的进行了

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NAIROBI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- ARD, the German national TV station whose report alleged blood doping among Kenyan runners on Tuesday hit back against claims their findings were baseless as dismissed by Athletics Kenya (AK). ARD Nairobi Bureau Chief Pete

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From the moment I decided to publicly leave, my life unspooled as if I were in a suspense novel. 从我决定公开离开的那一刻起,我的生活就变成了一本悬疑小说。 Strange cars idled at the curb by my home at all hours of the day

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Voters in Russia's far east have begun casting ballots in parliamentary elections that are expected to favor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. The voting Sunday comes amid claims of campaign fraud and unprecedented intimidation of

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The World This Week Business America's big banks reported earnings for the second quarter. 美国的各大银行发布了第二季度的营收。 The headline figures looked buoyant, partly because of lower operational and litigation costs. 数据显示

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