[00:00.00]The ancient Olympic games, [00:02.94]which began in 776 BC, [00:05.67]lasted for over 1100 years. [00:08.84]In 394 AD, the Christian [00:13.00]Roman Emperor Theodosius abolished [00:16.50]the games, as pagan festivals. [00:19.35]At that tim

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From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Thanks so much for checking in with us today. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Israel is reopening its border with Gaza to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid into the region. Tha

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A senior official in South Sudan says government troops will attack the main stronghold of rebel forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar if the offer of a ceasefire is rejected. Information Minister Michael Makuei says government troops are

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At least 100 people have now died in those Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. A Medai Tower was targeted for a second day, killing at least one senior member of Islamic Jihad. Hamas is also being firing rockets at Israeli towns. Efforts are continuing in Ca

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1. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease fire. The truce agreement calls for Israel to end all military activity against the Gaza Strip, and for militants to stop rocket attacks into Israel. After 24 hours of quiet, the border crossing between Gaza

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BBC News with Johnathan Izard. Brazilian police are searching a prison outside the Amazonian city of Manaus after at least 60 inmates died in fighting between rival gangs. Families have been gathering outside the local mortuary to identify the bodies

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From NPR news in Washington, I'm Paul Brown. Officials say the strong storms and tornadoes that killed 55 people this week in several states including Tennessee and Arkansas were the deadliest in more than two decades. Dozens of tornadoes swept acro

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Muqtada Al-Sadr is an Iraqi religious and political leader. He is also a militia commander and is head of the Mahdi Army. He is strongly opposed to Americas presence in his country but has stuck to a 2005 truce, which has seen levels of violence decr

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South Korea Calls for Talks with North to Reduce Tensions South Koreas government proposed on Monday to hold military talks with North Korea to reduce tensions between the two countries. 韩国政府星期一提议与朝鲜举行军事会谈,以缓和

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美联社,新闻一分钟,London,Islamic,terror,1.In London Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair warns an evil ideology of Islamic extremism is bent on spreading terror through the West. 2.Authorities on 3 continents widen their hunt for evidence in

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1. A new audiotape supposedly from Osama bin Laden, and Al-Jazeera has aired it. A voice identified as bin Laden says Al Qaeda is making preparations for attacks in the US, but offers a truce to build

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这是911死难者纪念音乐会演唱曲目之一,也是一首著名的反战歌曲。原作于第一次世界大战后,以白描的手法讲述了一个英国士兵在法国战场上度过的圣诞节:德军和英军同时在战壕里哼唱着寂静的圣诞夜,不同的语言但同样的曲调、相似的心情。于是,一首接着一首的圣诞歌交融

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Spokesmen for the Iraqi government and the movement of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr say the two sides agreed to a truce Saturday to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City. Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes between militan

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Up to 25 people have died in renewed clashes between riot police and protesters in Ukraine's capital Kiev. The Interior Ministry says protesters have taken dozens of police hostage. The violence erupted again just hours after a truce was declared. Th

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Topic1 Dead end for taxi-app subsidiesA heated battle between two of China's largest Internet services providers - Alibaba and Tencent - over the lucrative mobile payments market has cooled down. China's two most-used taxi-hailing app companies have

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Iraqi forces say they've recaptured a town near the city of Mosul as a major offensive against Islamic State militants continues. Elite troops targeted the town of Bartella in an assault supported by helicopter gunships. 伊拉克军方称已经收复了

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The U.S. says it wants to see North Korea return to six-party denuclearization talks before it considers negotiations involving a wider range of issues. U.S. officials commented Monday after North Korea called for peace talks with the U.S. and an end

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为朝美峰会梳理恩怨情仇 Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- Today keeps you informed and inspired. I'm Zhaoying Coming up:The U.S. and North Korea are pushing to salvage a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un

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Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko has called for dialogue with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. He was speaking after his swearing-in ceremony in Kiev. But Mr. Poroshenko said Ukraine would never give up Crimea which Russia

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模仿文本: But first to Ukraine where Thursday was another day of shocking violence, the worst since street protests against the government of President Viktor Yanukovych began in November. Dozens of anti-government protesters were killed after

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