After years of denial, sprinter Marion Jones has pleaded guilty to using steroids. Jones could face prison time. Her admission could cost her the five medals she won at the Sydney Olympics. Three Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape are suin

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

The prosecutor in the Jena Six case says he won't challenge a ruling that sent a 17-year-old suspect to juvenile court. Mychal Bell faces aggravated battery charges in the beating of a white classmate. A judge has ruled the father of a five-year-old

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1.President Barack Obama says some of those suspected of terrorism held at Guantanamo will end up in prisons in the United States. There is fierce opposition in Congress, but Obama says US prisons are tough enough to house dangerous inmates. 2.Suspe

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1. The FAA has OKd the use electronic devises from gate to gate. Passengers will be able to play games, watch movies and listen to music, but not talk on their cell phones. Some airlines are working quickly to implement the policy change. 2. Iraqs pr

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MH17 Search Finds Possible Pieces of Russian Missile 调查人员在马航MH17坠机地点发现疑似俄罗斯导弹碎片 Investigators have found parts of what might be a Russian missile in the area where a Malaysian Airlines plane crashed last ye

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Captain Blamed for Mediterranean Migrant Deaths 船长要为地中海移民死亡负责 Officials have blamed the Tunisian captain of a fishing boat for causing the deaths of hundreds of migrants. They say the migrants were locked inside when their b

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AS IT IS 2016-03-13 Brazils Lula Charged With Money Laundering 巴西前总统涉腐被控,举国震惊! Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former president of Brazil, was charged this week with the crime of money laundering. 本周,巴西前总统路易

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Indonesia's Constitutional Court has reversed a law that gave the attorney general's Office the power to ban books. Rights activists and authors hail the verdict as a victory for free expression, but some officials say curbs on free speech are still

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Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued summonses for the six Kenyans suspected of organizing the country's post-election violence over three years ago. More than two months after the ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, revealed the so

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With hundreds of injured people including pregnant women, children and the elderly in need of help, the few doctors in the Philippines say they are only dealing with more serious cases at the moment. A run-down single story building in ruined airport

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: We've been reporting a lot on the U.S. threat to impose tariffs on some $150 billion worth of goods imported from China. Beijing is promising to retaliate. One big source of tension is that the Trump administration says for t

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Turkey's constitutional court has begun hearing a case calling for the ruling Justice and Development Party to be shut down on the charge of undermining the secular state. The prosecutors are asking the court to disband the party and ban the prime mi

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Australia's most senior, Catholic Cardinal George Pell is less than an hour away now from giving his much chance anticipated video link evidence to the royal commission into child sexual abuse. There was a scuffle between media and security outside t

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March 12th, 1938In Europe, Nazi Germany's troops march into neighboring Austria. The next day, Adolf Hitler annexes his homeland. Austria remains part of Nazi Germany until the final days of WWII. 1933,My friend, I want to talk for a few minutes with

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March 12th, 1938In Europe, Nazi Germany's troops march into neighboring Austria. The next day, Adolf Hitler annexes his homeland. Austria remains part of Nazi Germany until the final days of WWII. 1933,My friend, I want to talk for a few minutes with

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March 12th, 1938In Europe, Nazi Germany's troops march into neighboring Austria. The next day, Adolf Hitler annexes his homeland. Austria remains part of Nazi Germany until the final days of WWII. 1933,My friend, I want to talk for a few minutes with

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France, Africa and terrorism 法国,非洲和恐怖主义 An African journey 非洲之行 The French government has new African worries in the Sahel 法国政府对萨赫勒地区忧心忡忡 Hollande with rare new friend 奥朗德和其罕见的新朋

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The Turkish Constitutional Court has announced it will hear the closure case against the ruling AK Party. The case accuses the party of seeking to undermine the secular state and includes a possible political ban of five years for Turkish Prime Minis

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今天我们要学的词是 invalid. Invalid 形容词,无效的。South Africa's High Court ruled that President Jacob Zuma's appointment of a state prosecutor was invalid. 南非最高法院裁决,南非总统祖马对一名政府检察官的任命

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As we noted earlier, the issue of Russian meddling figured into the Senate confirmation hearing today for Christopher Wray, the nominee to be the next FBI director. But it was not the only topic of note. Senators were also trying to get a sense for w

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