Authorities in northeastern Australia are trying to get a sense of the destruction from Cyclone Debbie. The system made landfall early on Tuesday. It was capable of devastating damage and Debbie had gotten stronger as it approached land. Wind speeds

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突破口语之独白(10):Distance Education远程教育 Would you like to hone your professional skills from the comfort of your home or get a college degree without setting foot on campus? It sounds too good to be true? There are now thousands of online clas

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The International Committee of the Red Cross says it plans to deliver large quantities of food and non-food items to thousands of Pakistanis who have fled fighting in Bajaur tribal region near the Pakistan-Afghan border. The Red Cross says fighting

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A low fire burned in the hearth. Sunlight slantedacross the warm room. Jack caught his breath as helooked around Leonardo's studio. There were mirrors, wooden trunks, globes, paintpots, and brushes. Sketches, paintings, and handmademaps were all over

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One of a Muslim's duties, according to the five pillars of Islam, is to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least once during his or her lifetime. An estimated three million Muslims have traveled to Mecca to perform the Hajj. Mohamed Elsh

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Cyclone Yasi, a category 5 cyclone, hit the coast of northern Queensland yesterday. Winds up to 290 km per hour caused damage to houses, yachts in harbours, power lines, trees and crops. Heavy rain caused flooding. High waves washed over the land. Th

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The phone rang. How's New York? Wally asked. I love it, Eugene said. Have you found a job? Wally asked. Of course I haven't found a job, Eugene said. I only got here a month ago. You'd better hurry up, said Wally. Your savings will run out before you

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By Amy Bickers Seattle 28 October 2007 Peace activists demonstrated in at least 11 cities across the United States Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the vote by the U.S. Senate approving the Iraq war. As Amy Bickers reports from the northwest

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 29 October 2007 Tens of thousands of farmers have converged in the Indian capital following a month-long protest march. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, they are demanding rights over land and livelihood. Singin

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By Selah Hennessy Goma, DRC 19 December 2007 The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders says the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is rapidly deteriorating. An armed conflict in the east of the country has

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 September 2006 This school building in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon sustained heavy damage after the Isreali military campaign UNICEF says it is working with the Education Ministry in Lebanon to have 350,000 Lebanese children in sch

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 January 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says the number of Iraqis fleeing violence in their country is the largest displacement of people in the Middle East in over half a century. The agency is appealing for $60 million to he

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 11 July 2007 A Bosnian Muslim woman cries over a coffin with the remains of her relative in Potocari, near Srebrenica, during funeral ceremony of 465 Bosnian Muslims, 11 Jul 2007 An estimated 30,000 people gathered near the Bos

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By Jeff Swicord Cleveland, Ohio 18 March 2008 The subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has rattled financial markets around the world. The crisis has triggered home foreclosures across the country, causing thousands of Americans to lose thei

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By Jamila Trindle Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China 06 June 2008 Three weeks after the earthquake in China's Sichuan province displaced five million people, a few hundred thousand have had to move again - out of the way of a dammed river that poses

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By Cindy Saine Washington 17 November 2007 Busloads of African Americans from across the United States converged on Washington Friday, to march around the Justice Department building, demanding more enforcement of hate crime laws. One reason for the

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President Barack Obama says he is speeding up the U.S. transition to a clean energy economy, as part of efforts to make sure jobs and industries of the future take root in the United States. In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama touted almo

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By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 30 September 2009 Vietnamese police officers provide goods, foods to flooded area in Quang Tri Province, 30 Sep 2009 The death toll from Typhoon Ketsana has passed 300 as the storm swept across Southeast Asia, destroying th

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Yellow confetti rained from buildings, as tens of thousands of people lined the streets of the Philippine capital to bid farewell to former President Corazon Aquino. The scene was reminiscent of the Philippine democracy movement that she led in the

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