The father of Trayvon Martin on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Black Caucus showing how the simmering issues of race and the law that came up in the George Zimmerman case are just as politically explosive, perhaps more so, since the jury acquitt

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Qantas is investigating how a tyre exploded on one of its planes as it landed in Sydney last night. The A380s nose-wheel tyre burst as it hit the tarmac. No one was hurt, but passengers had to wait on board two hours and now face more inconvenience.

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Four states are holding presidential nominating contests today. Nebraska, Kansas, and Washington State are holding caucuses, and as NPR's Greg Allen reports Louisiana is holding its presidential primary. L

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As the head of that great department, he controlled more appointments than all the other members of the cabinet put together. 作为这个庞大机构的领导者,他所控制的委任状比起所有其他内阁成员所能委任的人的总和还要

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Mike O'Sullivan Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has all but secured his party's nomination, with wins in nine out of 10 states that held contests Tuesday. One of his victories came in Cal

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By Mike O'Sullivan Las Vegas 19 January 2008 Voters in the Western state of Nevada are taking part in party caucuses Saturday to help choose the nominees for U.S. president. Mike O'Sullivan has a preview from Las Vegas on the first-in-the-West presid

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By Paula Wolfson White House 01 June 2008 Democrats in the United States cast their final ballots this week in primary elections for the party's presidential nomination. Senator Hillary Clinton has won a commanding victory in the Democratic presiden

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New Hampshire Prepares for Presidential Primary In less than a week, voters in the northeastern state of New Hampshire will cast ballots in the first U.S. presidential primary, following last Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. People going to the polls in New

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Indonesia has rejected key parts of the Coalition's asylum seeker policy. Tony Abbott is expected to visit Indonesia in coming weeks. Theincoming Foreign Minister Julie Biship says the government will be holding bilateral meetings to discuss those pl

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Leading our news this morning. A massive international relief effort is now underway in the Philippines as typhoon Haiyan bears down on Vietnam. More than 600,000 people have been evacuated from Vietnam's coastal areas and six people in that country

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By Jim Malone Washington 23 April 2008 Senator Hillary Clinton kept her presidential hopes alive Tuesday with a convincing victory over rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. The Democratic presidential race now moves on to primarie

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今天我们要学的词是home stretch。 Home stretch, 是最后阶段的意思。The race for U.S. presidential candidacy has entered its home stretch ahead of the Iowa caucuses on Thursday, 美国总统大选候选人的角逐已经进入了星期四

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It marks a first, a talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey, shes plunging herself into politics in a way she hasnt before, hitting the trail and campaigning for democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama. Oprah Winfrey brings not just a wow factor,

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By Greg Flakus Des Moines 02 January 2008 Among the Republican presidential candidates competing for caucus votes in Iowa is a man who has developed a small, but strongly committed following by voicing libertarian principles and opposing the war in I

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Senator Hillary Clinton scored crucial primary wins Tuesday in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, reviving her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. But her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, has more pledged delegates and says he still expect

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Senator Barack Obama added another victory to his campaign for the Democratic nomination Tuesday, winning the southern state of Mississippi's primary. The 33 delegates at stake will be divided with opponent Senator Hillary Clinton because Democrats d

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The forecast number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia this year has quadrupled, last year, the immigration department estimated almost half 5,5000 would seek asylum in 2012-13. But the immigration department secretary Martin Bowles has confirme

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The Labour MP Chris Carter is in trouble today. He wrote a letter which he handed to some reporters. The letter said that he believed Phil Goff, who is the Leader of the Opposition, does not have a chance to win the next election. He believed that an

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 07 March 2008 U.S. political candidates make great effort to get endorsements - - statements of support - - from other politicians, from issue groups, and others whose backing could bolster their campaigns for office. In t

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Australia has won its bid to stop Japan from hunting whales in the Southern Ocean. The International Court of Justice has ruled that the whaling program is not for scientific purposes. Japan says it's disappointed, but it will abide by the ruling. Au

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