Its Thursday August 22nd, and today's edition of CNN Student News begins in Syria. A civil war has been ranging there for nearly two and a half years. This is President Bashar al-Assad. Hes been Syrias president since 2000. His family has been in pow

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The girls left Cap and Doodle dozing on the front porch. Violet climbed a tree and handed the apples down to Jessie. When her bucket was half full, Jessie stepped back and fell flat, her apples rolling off in all directions. What happened? Violet ask

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After days of steadily rising, Rockhampton's floodwaters should finally peak today. The Fitzroy River is expected to reach 9.4 metres, putting other 400 homes under threat. More than 500 people have already evacuated their homes. And St George in the

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Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕林肯 August 12th, 1879 1879年8月12日 I see the President almost every day, as I happen to live where he passes to or from his lodgings out of town. He never sleeps at the White House during the hot season, but has qua

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This academic year, one story we've been following involves the worsening relations between two world powers, Russia and the U.S. Russia's suspension of part of the nuclear agreement with the U.S. America's suspension of talks with Russia over ending

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Fridays are awesome, I love starting with I-reports like that one from Ms.Tiffany's class. I'm Carl Azuz, this is our March 1st edition of CNN Student News, it's also a deadline for the U.S government. About 85 billion dollars were set to be eliminat

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By Sarah Dickens for sino.uk Crawling the last few hundred metres of its staggering 12,451 kilometre journey, the first ever Block Train' arrived right on schedule to applause from gathered dignitaries and industry officials. Just 17 days earlier, on

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Max Baucus, the current US ambassador to China, will leave Beijing for home next Monday. In a video bidding farewell to China and its people, Baucus said he saw huge potential for cooperation between the US and China. It's really not easy for us to l

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was received on arrival at Beijing International Airport by Chinese State Counselor Yang Jiechi on March 16th, 2017. [Photo: SPA] Saudi King Salman is now on a four-day trip here to China, with various agreeme

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自改革开放以来,中国人的生活便以越来越快的速度变化发展着。中国年轻一代的生活不同于他们的父母,更不同于他们的祖辈。 Listen Read Learn Since the beginning of the opening up policy, life in China has been developing at a faster and faster rate. The liv

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Vikram Pandit: When you look at the announcement that came outand it was a joint announcement by the FDIC, the Federal Reserve and the Treasuryit takes about Citi,but it also talks about a lot of different things. It talks about how all the regulat

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Weekly Address: Ensuring Hardworking Americans Retire with Dignity 每周电视讲话:让勤劳的人体面地退休 WASHINGTON, DC In this weeks address, the President reiterated his commitment to middle-class economics, and to ensuring that all h

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By Laila Azimi Washington 17 December 2007 Muslims from around the world are on their way to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the spiritual pilgrimage known as the Hajj beginning December 18. This annual event takes place during the 12th month of the Islami

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 21 July 2006 watch National Parks report Great Smoky Mountains National Park A new study by the U.S. Journal of Environmental Management finds that tourism at America's 390 national parks is down 25 percent since 1990.

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Edgar Allan Poe And I'm Shirley Griffith. This year is the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of writer Edgar Allan Poe. The United States Postal Service i

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Big stock exchanges in the United States are linked in what is known as the national market system plan. The idea is to process deals and report the best available prices to the public as quickly as possible. But there are other ways of investing tha

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By Greg Flakus Houston 29 August 2007 Two years ago Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast of the United States, devastating a wide area from Louisiana to Alabama, with an especially tragic outcome in the city of New Orleans, where a surge of water

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India is preparing to host a two-day summit of leaders of key African countries in a bid to deepen engagement with the continent. The meeting that starts Tuesday is an effort by India to raise its political profile in the resource-rich region. 印度正

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The fifth session of the China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services is due to open in the Chinese capital on Monday. The fair has become a magnet for international exhibitors eying a bigger market share. 00:00/02:35 With the theme opennes

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What have former French President Nicholas Sarkozy, ex-Beatles singer John Lennon and female tennis champion Maria Sharapova got in common? They all share a passion for philately, or stamp collecting. As fewer people send letters to one another, the

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