Venezuelan police have fired tear gas at thousands of opposition protesters in the capital Caracas who blame the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro for the country's economic crisis. Police arrested several people and blocked roads to prevent the

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Ailing Croatia 境况不佳的克罗地亚 A mighty mess 一团糟 Croatia is the EU's newest basket case 克罗地亚是欧盟最新的大麻烦 There is a cloud over Dubrovnik 杜布罗夫尼克上空蒙上阴云 THIS month Dubrovnik, Croatia's pic

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Obituary: Helmut Schmidt Smoke and fire 赫尔穆特施密特 烟与火 Helmut Schmidt, Social Democrat chancellor of West Germany, died on November 10th, aged 96赫尔穆特施密特,西德的社会民主党总理,逝于11月10日,终年96岁H

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Though Mr. Macron envisions a budget in the region of several percent of GDP, Mrs. Merkel is known to want something much stingier. 虽然,马克龙的设想预算在几个GDP百分比左右,但是默克尔想要的预算范围更窄。 Neverthel

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美国英国领导人讨论伊朗,叙利亚 WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron talked over phone Tuesday over nuclear talks with Iran and an envisioned peace conference on Syria. Bot

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Press freedom in Japan 日本新闻自由 Secrecy and lies 保密与谎言 A tough new law on secrecy has suddenly become controversial 一部事关保密的严苛新法突然间引起了争议 Oct 19th 2013 | TOKYO |From the print edition Full of le

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For months now, U.S. government hackers have been setting their sights on the Islamic State terror group, intent on wiping the self-declared caliphate from cyberspace much like U.S. and coalition aircraft have sought to wipe it from the face of the e

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Syrias new opposition leader 叙利亚新任反对派领袖 Better than the one before? 会比上一任更出色吗? A different man faces the same problems 换个面孔处理相同问题 Jul 13th 2013 | CAIRO |From the print edition Jarbas turn at

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The European Central Bank is keeping its key interest rate unchanged, even as its leader says there is increased downside risk for economic growth in the euro currency bloc. The bank kept its key lending rate at a record low 1 percent Wednesday, desp

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U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed America will not fight another ground war in Iraq. The comment comes a day after a top US military officer said ground forces could be deployed if the current strategy to fight against the Islamic State fails. Wh

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ROME, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday became the first president in the country's history elected for a second mandate. The 87-year-old resigned as president earlier in the day in a formal move to make it possible

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Leaders 社论 Britain's planning laws 英国规划法 An Englishman's home 英国人之家 The shortage of housing is a gathering national crisis. Rev up the bulldozers 英国住房匮乏,危机重重,应大兴土木! NOW that the economy is a

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意大利总理莱塔赢得信任投票 ROME - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote on the 2014 budget, reinforcing his coalition government a day before the Senate is expected to ban centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from pa

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Often, the people a president surrounds himself with says something about his goals as any policy statement. President-elect Trump is in the process of deciding who will fill critical national security and diplomatic posts. These de

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HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: It is now the fourth month that the Iraqi army has been working to drive ISIS out of Mosul, the country's second largest city. Iraq's air force has carried out its first-ever strikes on ISIS positions in

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European leaders took steps to deal with some of their long term financial problems at a summit in Brussels last week. But they are moving ahead without one of the continent's largest economies Britain, and they left some important problems unresolve

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The United States Justice Department is dropping its legal action against Apple saying it is cracking encryption on a smartphone used by one of the radical Islamists who shot dead 14 people in San Bernardino last December. David Lee reports. Followin

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Europe Italian politics 欧洲 意大利政治 Will Monti run for prime minister? 蒙蒂会竞选总理吗? How to prevent Silvio Berlusconi from returning to power 如何防止西尔维奥贝卢斯科尼重掌大权 With his restrained smile, laco

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Lexington 莱克星顿 The immigrant numbers game 移民的数字游戏 Why Barack Obama's partial amnesty won't be reversed 为什么奥巴马的局部赦令不会被逆转? SOMETIMES the hardest questions come from friendly crowds. Barack Obama o

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Lexington 莱克星顿 Mr Castro goes to Washington 卡斯特罗来到华盛顿 A rising Hispanic star ponders how to reconcile Americans with the federal government 一颗冉冉升起拉美裔的新星思考如何协调美国人与联邦政府之间的

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