All the icy ordeal is one major step close to being over for passengers who were trapped on a ship off Antarctica for ten days. All the passengers aboard that Russian stranded ship have been rescured by helicopter. They are now on an Australia ice br

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Saul Bellow describes his impressions of the seemingly endless cornfields of Illinois. 索尔·贝娄描述了自己对伊利诺伊看似无边无际的玉米地的印象。 ILLINOIS JOURNEY Saul Bell

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Turkey's Prime Minister is calling three days of mourning after 86 people were killed today in two bombings in the capital Ankara. NPR's AM reports the attacks targeted ralliers who were calling for peace between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants.

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dawdle /'dɔ:dl/ My sister dawdles over the dishes. Mother gets them done without wasting time. -- waste time; loiter; idle ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ vi. 浪费时间;闲荡 我妹妹洗起盘子来慢

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The UN Security Council has held an emergency meeting over the urgent humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine. UN personnel reported that the situation in the area was steadily worsening as power and water supplies became scarce, homes were being d

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国际危机失控 舆论促奥巴马总统果断应对 From too cautious to too slow, there has been no shortage of criticism for President Barack Obama's foreign policy decision-making, as world crises from Iraq to Ukraine seemingly ratchet out of

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The parents of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo have ended their appeals in the federal court system following another ruling against them by a three-judge panel in Atlanta, Georgia. The Florida Circuit Court Judge who ruled to disconnect their daughter's

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The top U.S. military officer says he is comfortable that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are secure, but he says he is gravely concerned about Taliban advances in the country and neighboring Afghanistan. 美国参谋长联席会议主席马伦上将说,他

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The chief prosecutor in Paris has said that a group of three women who were arrested following the discovery of a car loaded with gas cylinders in the center of the capital were receiving instructions from the Islamic State group. Francois Molins als

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During its magnetic cycle, the Sun undergoes periodic changes in activity. Every 11 years, it enters solar maximum. This 11 years cycle of solar activity has peaks where theres lots of solar storms. And right now where the sun is taking a little napp

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Laurie Kassman Top U.S. officials say the terrorist group al-Qaida is poised to hit the United States sometime during the next several months. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says authorities are

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By Deborah Block Irbil, Iraq 18 October 2007 Thousands of Kurds and other Iraqis took to the streets in northern Iraq. They were protesting the Turkish parliament's decision Wednesday authorizing a Turkish military incursion across the border into Ir

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Egypt Protesters Defy Warning to Disperse埃及抗议者无视警告驱散 CAIRO Egyptian authorities have warned again that a siege of anti-government encampments is imminent, but tens of thousands of demonstrators camped out in key areas of Cairo r

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1.The Illinois attorney general files a motion with the state's highest court, asking justices to remove scandal-plagued Governor Rod Blagojevich from office. AG Lisa Madigan wants to strip the governor of his power saying impeachment by legislators

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U.S. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor says a threat from an al-Qaida affiliate led to the closure of the American embassy in Yemen. This same group has been linked to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner. John

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U.S officials say the Bush administration is nearing a decision on providing new food aid to North Korea. U.S.-North Korean talks on the issue, separate from discussions on Pyongyang's nuclear program, have made progress. 美国官员说,布什政府

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Ford says it's yet to work out how much assistance it will give to 1,200 Victorian workers who will be made redundant. Ford will stop manufacturing cars at its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants in 2016. The federal and Victorian governments have promis

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October 11th, 2002On Capitol Hill, the Senate joins the House in authorizing US military force against Iraq. Arizona Republican John McCain says Saddam Hussein must comply with the UN on giving up weapons of mass destruction or else. Allowing him to

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October 11th, 2002On Capitol Hill, the Senate joins the House in authorizing U.S. military force against Iraq. Arizona Republican John McCain says Saddam Hussein must comply with the U.N. on giving up weapons of mass destruction or else. Allowing him

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President Obama has warned Americans that democracy itself is on the ballot in November's presidential election. Speaking at a rally for Hillary Clinton, he condemned the threat by the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, to jail Mrs. Clinton if he we

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