Chapter 26 - Napoleons proclamation On August 25, the eve of the battle of Borodino, M. de Beausset, prefect of the French Emperors palace, arrived at Napoleons quarters at Valuevo with Colonel Fabvier, the former from Paris and the latter from Madri

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滞留泰国的缅甸克伦难民仍然归期无望 Northern Thailand has long been home to thousands of Burmese refugees who have fled ethnic fighting and their countrys military government for temporary camps. After Burmas political opening, more o

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January 27th, 1945. In the final month of World War II, Soviet troops liberate Nazi Germanys concentration camp of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland, thats where up to a million and a half people, 90% of them Jews, perished, as part of the Nazis final

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May 31st, 1889The Johnstown flood swept people on the ground; the Johnstown flood washed away the townIn one of America's worst natural disasters, water sweeps through Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a dam breaks. The flood kills more than 22 hundred p

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August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills fourteen people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The kill

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April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany who ruled for more than a dozen years, is born in Austria. Hitler's third rift brought World War II and the holocaust that killed 6 million Jews in Europe. 1999: Two students go on a shooting ram

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April 29th,1992Rioting hits Los Angeles, killing 55 people and causing a billion dollars in property damage. It happens after four white police officers are acquitted of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of black motorist, Rodney Kin

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May 31st, 1889The Johnstown flood swept people on the ground; the Johnstown flood washed away the townIn one of America's worst natural disasters, water sweeps through Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a dam breaks. The flood kills more than 22 hundred p

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May 31st, 1889The Johnstown flood swept people on the ground; the Johnstown flood washed away the townIn one of America's worst natural disasters, water sweeps through Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a dam breaks. The flood kills more than 22 hundred p

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It's not an easy life for an elephant on Bangkok's busy streets. According to the Associated Press, an elephant in the city must earn about 1,000 US dollars a month to feed itself and make a living for its handler. Using an elephant on the streets to

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模仿文本: Horace Kephart was the dean of American campers. He was a small, intelligent and honest man with one deep brown eye and one blue. His reputation rests on his compendium Camping and Woodcraft, which is from 1906. He was one of the most k

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Powell Urges Arab, Israeli Teenagers To Work For Peace Nick Simeone Washington 15 Aug 2001 01:00 UTC Secretary of State Colin Powell is urging Arab and Israeli teen-agers wrapping up a conflict-resolu

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The men take everything, but the women -- nothing -- Camp resident Rosemonde Desmesier Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and reli

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Park Police on Saturday cleared Occupy DC protesters from their encampment blocks from the White House, arresting at least six people. The police arrived before dawn at McPherson Square, where the protesters have b

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August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing en

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August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing en

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August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing en

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Think back to Alex Williams, the nine-year-old whom Annette Lareau studied. 我们回头再看亚力克斯威廉姆斯,这个安妮特拉里奥研究的9岁孩子, His parents believe in concerted cultivation. He gets taken to museums and gets en

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 2 Fifteen hundred persons had been travelling by train for severa

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