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The first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a US civilian court is being ordered to serve life in prison for the 1998 bombings of two US embassies. During sentencing today, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said anything Ahmed Ghailani may have suffere
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Iraq's government is applauding the call by militant Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr for his militia to stop its attacks on Iraqi forces after nearly a week of escalating fighting in Basra and parts of B
The US and Russia have an agreement for each nation to scale back nuclear arsenals by a third. After months of deadlock, today president Obama announced a landmark deal to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty which expired in December. To
John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States, serving between 1841 and 1845. He was dubbed His Accidency by his opponents because he was the first Vice-President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor. Ty
President Obama is praising the Afghan people for heading to the polls in yesterday's presidential election, despite threats of violence by the Taliban. This election was run by the Afghan people. In fact, it was the first democratic election run by
House Speaker John Boehner says the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance should be extended, but it won't help the US economy much. The lawmaker's warning came hours after congressional negotiators announced the tentative deal that would end an
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously today to increase the number of observers in Syria from 30 to 300. The monitors are there to see whether government troops and rebel forces are complying with a weeklong ceasefire. Violence has be
Socialist Francois Hollande swept to power in France today. He beat incumbent President Nicola Sarkozy in a run-off presidential election. Hollandes supporters took to the streets in Paris to celebrate. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley says it's like Mardi Gr
A judge in Cairo today ordered that Hosni Mubarak spent the rest of his life in prison. For his part in the deaths of hundreds of protestors, during the uprising that drove him from power last year. The former president sat stoneface and frowning as
We wanna keep you posted here on a developing story out in California today. We have at least 4 major fires that are burning in central and southern California. The biggest one we were keeping an eye on is what they are referring to as the station f
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: from an interview on C-SPAN television, political pollster and strategist Frank Luntz talks about his book Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear. RS: At on
Supporters of Ivory Coast's two rival presidents are fighting for control of a strategic town near the Liberian border. African Union efforts to resolve the political crisis appear to be stalled over the choice of a mediator. Soldiers loyal to incumb
本期内容: Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has announced she is launching a bid for New York governor. Ms Nixon, who played Miranda Hobbs on the HBO series, plans to challenge incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic party nominati
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Senator John Kerry to be his next secretary of state as he is trying to usher in a new cabinet for his second term starting in January. Obama made the announcement at the
1. Friends and family are mourning the loss of Elizabeth Edwards. A friend of the family says Edwards' health rapidly deteriorated over the last few weeks and that her adult daughter and estranged husband John came to be with her. Edwards died Tuesda
Germany's digital future 德国的数字化未来 Googlephobia 谷歌恐惧症 Germany's opposition to American technology firms is short-sighted and self-defeating 德国对美国技术公司的排斥,显得它目光短线,最后弄巧成拙。
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney for clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while their campaign teams attack each other in an increasingly relentless manner. The two candida
U. S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will pledge to restore the Promise of America when he takes the stage to accept his party's nomination Thursday night. Aides have been touting Thursday's address to the Republican National Conventio
Business 商业报道 Internet access 互联网接入 Congestion on the line 网上的拥堵 Internet-service providers clamour for a fairer contribution from content firms 互联网服务提供商要求内容商的付出更加公平 THE raid by the
Former Goldman Sachs banker Malcolm Turnbull will become Australias fourth prime minister in the space of two years after leading a coup against incumbent and long-time adversary Tony Abbott. 高盛(Goldman Sachs)前银行家马尔科姆礠楲布尔(