google, microsoft, twitter, what are they in common? their bosses are in white house yesterday. \president Obama met more than a dozen tech industrial leaders yesterday, part of the meeting was about the industrial, possible helping the government wi

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Hello, I'm David Pogue, now as a technology columnist,I must say, I'm blissfully free of the kind of heated contentious controversy that dogs other kinds of columnists, those who write about, say, politics or religion, or Ashley Simpson. But this we

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This is AP News Minute. Andrew Puzder, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Labor, has withdrawn his name from consideration. Democrats strongly opposed the pick. Some Republicans raised concerns about Puzder's failure to pay taxes

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is putting out a new call for stronger energy cooperation and defense ties with China. Among her proposals are potential three-way military exercises among China, Australia and the United States. We share inter

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Six, five, four, three, two, one, zero India launched its first mission to the moon on Wednesday, rocketing the Chandrayaan-1 into the dawn sky for a 2-year mission to redraw maps of the lunar surface. Dear colleagues and friends, its a historic mom

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US Allies Named in CIA 'Torture' Report 中情局酷刑报告牵出美国盟友 The United States increased security at U.S. offices around the world this week after the release of a Senate Intelligence Committee report. The report describes how the

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 23 March 2006 watch US Bird Flu report The World Health Organization says the deaths of five people in Azerbaijan have pushed the world total human deaths from H5N

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1. President Barack Obama had his first look at the devastation that superstorm Sandy waged on New York City. He took a helicopter tour above sections of Queens and Staten Island that were ravaged by flooding and fires. 2. Israel has begun moving tro

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The Iran sanctions announcement was the second from the State Department in two days, and reflects a stepped-up U.S. effort to try to prod Iran back to nuclear talks with economic pressure. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told reporters tha

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US Poised for Prolonged Syrian Conflict U.S. military experts have been in Jordan already, training Jordanian troops working to prevent a spillover of violence from Syria. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress he is boosting that force by deplo

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By Scott Stearns White House 04 October 2007 The Bush administration is defending itself against reports that it authorized harsher techniques to interrogate suspected terrorists than it has previously acknowledged. VOA White House Correspondent Scot

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CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz.The U.S. Federal Appeals Court ruled yesterday that the National Security Agency's collection of telephone records is illegal under the Patriot Act. Lots of different parts to this. First, the Patriot Act. It was passe

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The U.S. government now says it's a priority to remove Syria's leader from power. That's a significant change for the Trump administration. It previously did not prioritize the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. But that was before a chemica

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 February 2008 The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three terrorism suspects nearly five years ago. In testimon

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Six, five, four, three, two, one, zero India launched its first mission to the moon on Wednesday, rocketing the Chandrayaan-1 into the dawn sky for a 2-year mission to redraw maps of the lunar surface. Dear colleagues and friends, its a historic mome

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The federal government is facing backbench unease over potential changes to the goods and services tax with about 20 coalition MPs and senators opposed to an increase. The government is keeping the option on the table in discussions about potential t

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