President Obama is confirming he has authorized targeted air strikes in Iraq and said US planes conducted delivery of humanitarian aid to a wreckage trapped by Islamic militants. The President entered an address from the White House State Dining Room

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The images that often come from breaking news can be dramatic or brutal or upsetting. And that has provided inspiration for art. In Los Angeles, an exhibit at the Getty Center looks at artists' reactions to mass media, what they

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French president Francois Holland is calling the coordinated attacks on Paris claimed by the IS or hash an act of war. France will be pitilessly concerning the barbarity of the hash and use all its means in the framework of law. Holland heard through

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Hey, I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to podcast. A Newtown father talks about the last moment with his son and what needs to be done prevent another tragedy. Also the ridiculous, let's get started. We begin, though, tonight with a father's tearful plea,

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Chinese nationwide has held anti-war activities on Thursday to mark the 68th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender. CRI's Lucy Du has more. August 15, 1945 marked the end of the Chinese war against Japanese aggression. Former Japanese Emperor

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Colin Powell 科林.鲍威尔 Colin Powell has a hard time letting go of work, even when hes forced to play and sing. 鲍威尔平日一向是个工作狂,即便是放松一下 的时候,比如唱歌,也是出于工作的需要。 Since taking

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This week, I authorized two operations in Iraq. 本周,我授权在伊拉克开展两项行动。 First, I directed our military to take action to protect our American diplomats and military advisors serving in the city of Erbil. 第一,我指示军

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The novels of J.M. Coetzee DusklandsThe novel actually consists of two separate stories. The first one, The Vietnam Project, relates the gradual descent into insanity of its protagonist Eugene Dawn. Eugene works for a U.S. government agency responsib

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UN Rights Chief Criticizes Bosnian Serb Rejection of Report on 1995 Massacre The parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovinas self-governing Serb Republic has voted to reject a 2004 report on the Srebrenica massacre. The United Nations human rights chief Ze

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The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kashmir was set up in 1949 to monitor a cease-fire between India and Pakistan. The two fledgling nations had just emerged from two years of war for control over the scenic Himalayan region. But since a U.N.-backed li

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By Michael Drudge London 22 February 2006 A U.N. prosecutor says accused Bosnian war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic remains at large in Serbia. The prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, spoke with reporters at Th

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Analysts: In Syria, Few Arab Spring Lessons Apply In the past year and a half, uprisings across the Arab world have toppled four men whose rule had lasted decades. Tunisia's Zine el Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile in Saudi Arabia. Libya's Moammar Gad

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Obama Has Opportunities, Challenges in Second Term Creating jobs and bolstering the economy will still be the president's top domestic goals in his second term. But he is unlikely to get cooperation from opposition Republicans On one major issue, rai

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A film called For Love of Liberty tells a little-known story of African Americans in the wartime military. The documentary aired this year on the US Public Broadcasting System, and a newly released CD features music from the film. Director Frank Mart

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Ahead of Srebrenica Anniversary, Lessons to Be Learned 斯雷布雷尼察的大屠杀20周年 WASHINGTON On July 11, Bosnia will mark the 20th anniversary of the worst mass killing in Europe since World War II: the massacre at Srebrenica. During an 1

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. National Geographic became a cultural institution by bringing other cultures to Western readers. Now, in what it's calling The Race Issue, the magazine is issuing an apology. National Geographic says it often portrayed foreign

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March 5th 1770 - The Boston Massacre takes place, an event that contributes to the outbreak of the American Revolution a few years later. It happens when Britains soldiers in Boston taunted by a crowd of American colonists open fire and kill 5 people

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March 29th, 1951 - In New York, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. They die in the electric chair two years later, the first American civilians to be executed fo

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March 15th, 1770. The Boston Massacre takes place, an event that contributes to the outbreak of the American Revolution a few years later. It happens when British soldiers in Boston taunted by a crowd of American colonists open fire and kill five peo

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July 10th, 1940. The battle of Britain begins during WWII as Nazi forces start attacking southern England by air. Just weeks earlier, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned his people to prepare for the assault. If the British Empire and its

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