Ralph Henry Reese remembers clearly the day he and his wife decided to start City of Asylum Pittsburgh. It was in 1997. He and his wife, Diane Samuels, were attending a talk by British Indian writer Salman Rushdie at the University of Pittsburgh. The

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Almost one million primary school children took the 2017 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam, known as the KCPE. Goldalyn Kakuya, a student from Saint Anne's Junior School in Lubao, Kakamega, in West Kenya, received top honors. She received a

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NEW YORK In refugee camps everywhere, there is no shortage of curious young minds: more than half of the world's displaced population are children. But the barriers to receiving a quality early education are huge. There are 250 million children whose

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At the release of the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the report a testament to the United States' historic role in preserving and advocating for religious freedom around the world: Religious freedom

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At a recent speech in Washington, Vice President Mike Pence said that protecting and promoting religious freedom is a foreign policy priority of the Trump administration. 近日,在华盛顿发表讲话时,副总统彭斯表示,保护并促进宗

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Why would a U.S. Government agency specializing in administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, concern itself with religious freedom in the countries where it works? At USAID, we see freedom of worship as an essential element in ou

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 October 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is calling for new strategies and greater international commitment to deal with increasing numbers of people fleeing their homes. At the start of the UN

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BBC News with Julie Candela. The American Secretary of State, John Kerry, has staunchly defended Washington's decision to let the U.N. Security Council pass last week's resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal. Mr. Kerry said the move was des

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June 20 is World Refugee Day. The United Nations General Assembly decided to create this day in 2000. It marks the 50th anniversary of the international convention relating to the status of refugees. The day is also Africa Refugee Day. A different th

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We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New

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In 1991, workers in New York City made a troubling discovery. 1991年,纽约市的工人有了一些令人不安的发现。 They found human bones. After examinations by experts, the remains were found to be of African-Americans, some of whom had

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AS IT IS 2016-08-08 US May Reach Goal of Accepting 10,000 Syrian Refugees 美国即将实现接收一万名难民的目标 The United States is working to reach its goal of bringing 10,000 Syrian refugees to the country by the end of September. There

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: What to call the homeless of Hurricane Katrina? RS: Some have called them refugees. We asked Oxford English Dictionary consultant Ben Zimmer for a history of this word. BEN ZIMMER

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Bosco Ntaganda, a suspected warlord from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has handed himself in to the United States Embassy in Rwanda. He has been accused of war crimes between 2002 and 2003. Ntaganda has reportedly asked to be transferred to the I

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【原文】 Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, the Nativity of the babe in the manger whom Christians believe was the Son of God. Indeed, the very word Christmas means Christ festival. Yet there can be little doubt that for many it is Santa C

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You don't say so. 真的? My dear young lady, I do say so. 我亲爱的小姐,真的。 Six times twenty-fourno, it would be nearer six times thirty-six. 六乘以二十四不,差不多已是六乘以三十六了。 Bernard was pale and trembli

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At the sound of his voice the Director started into a guilty realization of where he was; 主任听见他说话,猛然一惊,意识到了自己的处境,不安起来。 shot a glance at Bernard, and averting his eyes, blushed darkly; looked at

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Europe The EU and the Balkans 欧洲 欧盟与巴尔干 Asylum system abuse 庇护系统的滥用 Will the EU reimpose visas for travellers from Balkan countries? 欧盟是否会重新限制来自巴尔干的旅行者签证? Fake asylum seekers, wa

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Chapter 6 第6章 New England 新英格兰 42.The Puritans. 42.清教徒 The New England colonies were founded by English Puritans who left England because they could not do as they wished in the home land. 新英格兰殖民地由英国清教徒创立

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I said that I would tell you about Guy Fawkes and why 5 November is the traditional day for fireworks in England. The year was 1605. Two years earlier, the old Queen, Elizabeth I, had died. She had ruled England for 45 years. She died unmarried and w

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