A longtime president of Zimbabwe, 93-year-old Robert Mugabe faces impeachment proceedings tomorrow. In a televised speech today, Mugabe acknowledged the criticism of his 37 years in power, but he stopped short of stepping down. Many expected he would

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At the edge of the valley 30 miles north, the Aztecs came upon an abandoned place called Teotihuacan. People had first settled in this place a thousand years before the Aztecs came, but it long since

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The Obama administration had preferred to let the Organization of American States and its designated mediator, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, take the lead role in Honduran diplomacy. But it is now stepping up U.S. involvement with settlement tal

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Add oil转正 牛津词典在最近一次的季度更新中,将中文直译的加油add oil收入英语词库。 Add oil: 加油 Add oil has made it into the Oxford English Dictionary: add oil被收入到牛津英语词典 Made it是一个用途十分

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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has met with ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. Ashton and Morsi talked for two hours. Ashton says Morsi is in good health and has access to the news. Morsi is being detained at an undisclosed location a

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we talk with Pat O'Conner, co-author with her husband Stewart Kellerman of a new book called Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language. RS: But fir

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The Colorful History of Billiards 台球的沿革 Anyone who refuses to leave prison simply because they are having too much fun playing billiards would be considered something more than just a diehar

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Venezuelan President Wins Second Six-Year Term Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro won re-election in a disputed vote on Sunday. The result led his main political opponents to call for another vote to prevent a national crisis. Venezuelas National El

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By Kate Pound Dawson Recent rumors have prompted speculation that North Korea's government could be facing dangerous instability. While many experts say the speculation is overblown, they warn that Se

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The crest is happening now and just like in Memphis. It's not dropping like that, It sinked a long long time where I actually standing. You know, where the river is, has been diverted around this casino and over this parking lot. And it's moving pret

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Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for the first time given his endorsement to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, a change the White House is calling an important step forward. But Netanyahu says Israels willingness to

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RAMALLAH, March 17 (Xinhua) -- One Palestinian official said Sunday that they are more despaired after U.S. President Barack Obama said that he would not present a new Mideast peace initiative or request Israel to halt settlement activities in the Pa

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally asked the U.N. Security Council Friday to recognize a Palestinian state. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu countered that statehood should only follow a negotiated peace accord, and the internation

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今天两遍较难的6分范文,点评这篇如下:

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US Sharpens Criticism of Syrias Assad A senior U.S. State Department official said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's actions against protesters are completely inconsistent with those of a responsible leader. U.S. diplomats are talking t

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US Won ' t Attend Racism Conference Jim Malone Washington 27 Aug 2001 21:34 UTC The U.S. State Department confirmed Monday that Secretary of State Colin Powell will not attend the United Nations confe

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The reform of the housing registration, or hukou system, has been under way in most regions in China following the State Council's call to establish a unified household registration system for urban and rural residents in a document issued in 2014. 继

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Europe Russias president 欧洲 俄罗斯总统 Alone at the top 高处不胜寒 Vladimir Putin has initiated some high-profile battles against corruption. But to many he seems increasingly isolated and out of touch 弗拉基米尔普京掀起了一场

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Football's world governing body FIFA will elect a new president on Friday. It will also vote on a package of reforms intended to bring to an end the corruption that contributed to the downfall of the former president Sepp Blatter. More than 200 deleg

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