celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela. And it was a remarkable life. Mandela himself once saying, Death is something inevitable. When a man has done that he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I ha

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The decisions in Ferguson, Missouri and in New York City sparked widespread protests and global news coverage. Protests continued for days all around the United States, and inspired support across the world, including at this protest in London. 密苏里

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After a recent meeting in Washington between top U.S. and Mexican officials, both sides emphasized the need for a shared strategy to work together in the fight against transnational organized crime, particularly related to drug trafficking. 近日,美

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By Noel King Gwesero, Rwanda 11 September 2007 Rwanda's 1994 genocide shook the world with images of brutality, as ethnic tensions in the central African nation flared into a frenzy of violence. In a little over three months, an estimated 800,000 eth

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I'm Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the podcast. Diane Foley, mother of murdered ISIS' captive Jim Foley on what she hopes her son's legacy will be and her belief that the White House let her son down. Let's get started. When journalist Jim Foley was kid

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Hey, everyone. I\'m Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News. Our first story today centers on the Middle Eastern country of Iraq. There\'s been an increase in violence there. One reason, terrorist. The Islamic state of Iraq and Syrian known as ISIS ha

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60. The Founding of New Netherland. 60.新荷兰的创建 In 1621 the Dutch West India Company was founded. 1621年,荷兰西印度公司创建, Its first object was trade, but it also was directed to advance the peopling of the American lands

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But it actually was the best thing that ever happened to me. I decided that if no one would give me a chance, I'd have to take a chance, and if no one would give me an opportunity, I would have to create my own opportunity. So I came up with this pla

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今天我们要学的词是 national anthem. National anthem 国歌。The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to halt enforcement of new rules regarding the national anthem. 美国全国橄榄球联盟和NFL球员协会达成协议,暂停实施

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Hi,everybody.In 1620,a small band of pilgrims came to this continent,refugees who had fled persecution and violence in their native land.Nearly 400 years later,we remember their part in the American story-and we honor the men and women who helped the

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Officials Unveil Revisions to NY City's Memorial to 9/11 Victims Jenny Falcon The planned memorial for victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York has been revised to include a park,

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AS IT IS 2016-08-21 Amnesty Report on Syrian Prisons Details Catalog of Horror 大赦国际报告披露叙利亚监狱折磨政治犯恐怖细节 A new Amnesty International report says survivors tell of the torture of tens of thousands of political

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Syrian Children Find Shelter in Turkey Camp Reyhanli Refugee Camp in Turkey, just across the Syrian border, is home to more than 3,000 refugees, many of them children. The Turkish government provides the basics - even a school, a playground and some

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The Horror Of Homs The old district of the Syrian city of Homs has been under siege by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for almost eighteen months. The populace there is starving. A convoy of twelve trucks with over 100 tons of food i

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US jet fighters continue to pound Islamic State forces in Iraq. US central command says four more air strikes today took out armored carriers and a truck, that were firing on civilians near Sinjar. Refugees have been taking shelter in the Sinjar Moun

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文本: Will probably not. Sooner or later they would have noticed that the top of the head is sliced off, scooped out, like a boiled egg of breakfast, to hold sacrificial offerings. And then they would have remembered stories of Rome told about th

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The person we usually think of as embodying British national resistance to Rome, Queen Boudicca of the East Anglian tribe of the Iceni, actually came from a family of happy, even eager collaborators. It only took a policy of incredible stupidity, arr

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The Lonely Path of an Egyptian Liberal 埃及自由主义者的孤独之路 CAIRO The unity that marked Egypt's 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak has fractured, leaving the country polarized, mostly between Islamists aligned with the Muslim Brother

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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up... August 29th, 1963, it was a speech that galvanized a nation, and put civil rights and economic justice at the forefront of the American conversation. Race Media and Communication professor from

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Sun, a sandy beach and a nice view. Is that what all tourists want? Not quite. Trips to sites of death, brutality and terror are on the increase. About 350,000 people now visit Robben Island in South Africa every year. That's where Nelson Mandela was

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