Its not clear which side is going to prevail, and thats why we make this moment such an important time. The WikiLeaks respondent Julian Assenge, he is *seen by the public scene for over a year and *for over two years now has been found in Ecuadorian

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Russian Pop diva Valeriya is using her star appeal and personal experience as an abused woman to help migrant workers in her homeland break free of the bonds of sexual exploitation and forced labor. The Geneva-based International Organization for Mi

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Historians have revealed hard evidence thatthe settlers in the American colony at James Town, Virginia resorted to cannibalism to survivethe harsh winter of 1609. Researchers said damages to the skull of a14-year-old girl they named Jane show signs t

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 16 March 2007 In some African countries when a woman's husband dies, it is common for her to marry one of his brothers. For many families, this ensures someone will take care of the widow and her children, and that she remains p

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 01 June 2007 An Australian tribunal has awarded compensation to a Thai woman who was forced to work as a prostitute in Sydney when she was 13. It is the first time a victim of sex trafficking has received damages from the tribun

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Europe Accused of Ignoring Libya Refugees European countries have been accused of a totally inadequate response to the refugee crisis on Libya's borders. Hundreds of thousands of mainly sub-Saharan migrants were forced to flee Libya following the bru

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Iran Hero Pilot Shahbazi 'Forced To Retire' Over Sanctions Campaign Cellphone footage posted on the Internet shows Iran Air Flight 742 from Moscow approaching Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on October 18th last year. The front landing g

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Immigrant Children Live in Numerous US Communities PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA Immigration has been a hot topic in American politics for years. But the recent surge of attention is different. While historically, the debate has been about migrant

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Airport Towers Close Under Forced US Budget Cuts Air traffic controllers at the Frederick, Maryland, airport will no longer guide pilots around this busy airspace. Under mandatory federal government spending cuts, this control tower - like 148 others

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to hear now about congressional efforts to pass an immigration bill. The House of Representatives had planned on voting this afternoon on a bill written around President Trump's immigration priorities. And with its pa

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Many California Farmworkers Forced To Stay Behind During The Wildfires SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Woolsey Fire in Southern California has been contained, but it destroyed almost 1,500 structures across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. And while some res

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Good afternoon, Miss. What can I do for you? Could you tell me my account balance? My number is ... Just a moment, please. Your name? Emily Smith. Here's your balance. Thank you. I want to make a withdrawal of $150. Here you go, Miss. Thank you.

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By Raymond Thibodeaux Gulu, Uganda 06 March 2006 It's not easy being a child anywhere, especially in northern Uganda, where thousands of children are forced to flee their villages every night to avoid

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今天我们要学的词是flux。 Flux, 是动荡的,不断变化的。 The leadership of Yemen is in flux after former president Saleh was forced to step down, 也门前总统萨利赫被迫下台后,国家领导层处于动荡之中。 Afghani

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By Kari Barber Forecariah, Conakry 15 April 2008 Children in West Africa are being trafficked at an alarming rate, often sold by their own families. Many of these children are then forced to work as manual laborers or as domestic servants without pay

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今天我们要学的词是 roll back. Roll back 意思是后退,退步。国际艾滋病大会星期天在华盛顿开幕,The participants called for governments not to roll back progress made against the epidemic even though they're facing tigh

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今天我们要学的词是wreak havoc。 Wreak, 动词,在这里是造成的意思,havoc, 指混乱破坏,连在一起,to wreak havoc, 意思是造成严重破坏。美国东岸很多地区周末遭遇暴风雪天气。 The blizzard conditio

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 November 2009 A new report from a Zimbabwe union says workers on the country's white-run farms were subjected to even greater violence than their employers during violent farms seizures under Zimbabwe President

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Topics: American Presidents - Andrew Jackson; Redwood National Park; safe versus save versus to save; to be implicated in versus to be involved in; one and only Words: prisoner of war duel to cede ugly bigamy forced relocation to dismantle in full to

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Topics: Native American reservations/Trail of Tears; retirement communities, the possessive s, to be subject to, to be subjected to, hedge trimming Words: ancestor settler reservation forced relocation trail tribe retirement Social Security benefits

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