Drug- related violence has gotten so bad that the Mexican border town of Juarez is now one of the most dangerous places in the world to live and die.CNN's Gary Tuchman gives us a blood-curdling first-person account of the incredible violence there. A

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(三)月

A 23-year-old Nigerian man has been charged with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines plane. In a statement released by the Justice Department, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly boarded Flight 253 with a device attached to his body and tried

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1. The suspect in the Colorado theater shooting appears in court for the first time. 24-year-old Jame Holmes said nothing, his hair dyed reddish orange, his eyes drooping. The shooting left 12 dead and 58 injured. 2. The NCAA hands Penn state univers

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Senate lawmakers have confirmed US Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court. NPR's Audie Cornish reports the vote was 63-37. Elena Kagan is the first female solicitor general, and now she'll be one of three women sitting on the United St

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A: Where are the dumpsters located in this building? B: Right now they are in the front of the building for pickup. A: When do the dumpsters get emptied? B: They usually get emptied Wednesday, unless there is a holiday in there somewhere. A: Are ther

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DRUGSTORE INDIAN In Bartell Drugs, I gave the pharmacist my prescription for prednisone. Is this your first fill with us? she asked. No, I said. And it wont be my last. I felt like an ass, but she looked bored. Itll take thirty minutes, she said. Mor

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When the enemy attacked, you ran away. 敌人进攻,你临阵脱逃 That's treason. 就是叛国 Now it's time to splatter your brains everywhere. 现在你该付出代价了 Please! Please, don't kill me! 求你了,求求你,不要杀我 Shut

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No.1 Video Chat Regularly 第一招:经常视频聊天Whether you use Face Time, iChat, Google Chat, or Skype, being able to see each other while you talk about your annoying coworker or the hilarious thing your buddy did at the bar adds another la

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PARIS Europe's two biggest economies have managed to dodge recession, but newly published statistics offer grim news for the region as a whole. New figures released by Eurostat statistical agency show the economies of both the eurozone and the 27-mem

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1. In the Midwest, it's a data pickup after violent weather marked by tornadoes. In Arkansas, seven people are dead, pushing this year's storm death toll in the state to more than two dozen people. Meteorologists say more than 25 tornadoes may have t

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1. Elena Kagan has been confirmed as the 112th Supreme Court justice. She is the fourth woman to serve on the highest court. Kagan will replace another liberal justice recently retired John Paul Stevens. 2. Missouri officials are confirming two death

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No.1 Video Chat Regularly 第一招:经常视频聊天 Whether you use Face Time, iChat, Google Chat, or Skype, being able to see each other while you talk about your annoying coworker or the hilarious thing your buddy did at the bar adds another l

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1. What are you fixing right now?你现在在煮什么? Fix 这个字以我个人的理解就是代表修理, 或是固定的意思, 但是在美国 fix 这个字真的是千变万化, 例如在美国南方, 大家习惯用 fix 来代替 cook 或是

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ArcelorMittal will launch a new high-strength automotive steel later this year, throwing down the gauntlet to its rivals in the race to make cars lighter. 安赛乐米塔尔(ArcelorMittal)将于今年晚些时候发布一款新型高强度汽车用钢,

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1. Put your personal work out in the world so that its potentially vulnerable for negative comments. A video on YouTube, a piece of writing online anything that can be complimented or critiqued, which will either boost your confidence or thicken your

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Cody started life weighing 24 ounces. Due to extreme prematurity, our son had eye surgery to prevent blindness. As a result of the surgery, he lost peripheral vision in his right eye. And his near sightedness would mean glasses and close monitoring b

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Jessica在北京学汉语,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是Lulu要问的:抛媚眼。 JESSICA: Lulu,What's up? LL: 我要去赴约,有人请我吃饭! JESSICA: 这么好? L

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Middle east and Africa: East African camels: Speedy and tasty 中东和非洲:东非骆驼:又快又有味儿 The camel trade is increasingly lucrative. 骆驼贸易越来越获益。 Allahu akbar! the boys shout gleefully from atop their camels,

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韩剧(Korean drama)《太阳的后裔》(Descendants of the Sun)让无数姑娘的少女心泛滥,撩妹一词孕育而生。现在大热的流行语撩妹,早两年叫做把妹,早十几年叫泡妞,再早个百八十年叫窈窕淑女

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