美联社,新闻一分钟,Iraq,assault,insurgents,Baghdad,1:Amid the stalemate over Iraq's draft constitution, insurgents in Baghdad launch their boldest assault in weeks killing up to 13 people. 2:President Bush rejects critics calling for the US to leave I

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AS IT IS 2014-04-19 High Tech Aids Search and Rescue高科技搜救工具 From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is Saturday. Im Anna Matteo. Improvements in technology can save lives. Stronger buildings do not fall during storms and earthquakes. W

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By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 26 July 2006 A small group of Americans and Australians have made a perilous journey to safety from a tiny village near the Lebanese border. After the Israeli military offensive in Lebanon began, they spent two we

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It is hard to imagine, but it could happen anywhere in the world - an atomic blast set off by terrorists. The U.S. military is training for that possibility in the United States. More than 3,000 Army troops and National Guard - the state militias - a

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US Army special forces Lt. General Kenneth Keen (L) chats with a refugee family in a makeshift shelter camp near the Presidential palace in Port-au-Prince (File) The commander of U.S. military relief efforts in Haiti said Wednesday that the operation

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People gather around a fire on a street fearful of being inside because of aftershocks in Concepcion, 28 Feb 2010, following a devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 More than 300 people are reported killed in Chile after a m

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South Sudan Hopes New Mining Law Will Unearth Treasures This gold mine in Nanakanak, Eastern Equatoria state, is just one of many spots across South Sudans east where a gold rush has hit. Adele Natogo said that like countless others, she left her nin

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Rescue workers in central and southern parts of the US are still searching for survivors, following a wave of tornadoes that turned buildings to rubble. At least 26 people are known to have died. More than a dozen tornadoes blazed across several stat

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Australia is preparing for the July second double dissolution poll. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has the trigger now to dissolve both Houses of Parliament after the Senate again rejected the bill to re-establish the construction watchdog. Mr. Turn

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Here it is. Got it, I think. A spring. And whats actually coming out of this is fresh water. You can drink. You see this stuff bubbling out? This is what the traditional owners of this place call 'buiur bindi''fresh water in the ocean'. The locals ca

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Haitian Americans Unhappy With Haitian Government's Response To Earthquake Hundreds of thousands of people fled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after the city was devastated by an earthquake nearly one month ago. At least 35,000 headed north to

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City, NY 12 September 2006 watch NYC Sept 11 Anniversary Family and friends gathered in New York to honor loved ones Families and friends of 9/11 victims in New York gathered at the base of the World Trade Center site Mond

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Amid all the suffering and pain caused by Sundays earthquake in Yunnan Province, some stories are coming out that are full of hope and demonstrate the incredible efforts of rescue workers and survivors. At the epicenter of the quake, an 88-year-old w

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Clearly the result of the election means that politicians have a duty to speak to each other because people deserve good, stable government and that is why I am very keen that the Liberal Democrats should enter into any discussion with other parties

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As international aid continues to flow into Haiti, residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil say they are still waiting for tents and other essentials more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake. Cleanup has begun in parts of Port-

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Sabina Castelfranco | Rome, Italy 06 April 2010 About 25,000 people gather in front of the city's cathedral during a candlelight vigil remembering the 308 people killed in the earthquake that devastated the central Italian city of L'Aquila a year ago

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Thousands of people made homeless by Italy's deadliest earthquake in 30 years celebrated a somber Easter on Sunday. Six days after the quake struck and with the death toll now standing at 294, masses were held in makeshift chapels set up in tent citi

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A second patient at a Brisbane hospital has contracted legionnaire's disease and is now in intensive care. A 60-year-old patient at Wesley hospital has already died from the disease. All hospital admissions and surgery have now been canceled. Hospita

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The spirit of the Anzacs is being commemorated of right around the country this morning on the 98th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli. The first of a series of dawn services has taken place at the cenotaph in Sydney, services have also been he

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Today, Christchurch held a memorial service to remember those who died following the earthquake on February 22nd. It was a public holiday for Canterbury so that many people could attend. The service was held outdoors in Hagley Park at midday and thou

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