It has been more than 24 hours since yesterday's attacks in the Indian financial center of Mumbai, and Indian commandos are still fighting for control of the city. The BBC's Chris Moyles reports that some of the attackers remain uncaptured. In one o

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MAIN CHARACTERS: Eliza Doolittle (E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself Professor Higgins (H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person's English decides his/her position in society Colonel Pickering (CP): a

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For the fifth day, Afghans have taken to the streets to protest the burning of a Quran by Florida pastor Terry Jones. Since the initial eruption of violence in Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday, about 20 people are estimated to have died. The burning of the M

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Text A The Needs That Drive Us All All living creatures are driven by the basic need to stay alive and reproduce so that the species will continue. As creatures have evolved from simple to complex, they have developed additional basic needs ... Human

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美国关切巴林动荡局势 The United States is increasingly concerned about unrest in Bahrain ahead of the trial of a leading opposition activist later this month. There has been little progress in a national dialogue that was agreed to followin

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Language Points I like having meetings with Nate because theyre so short he always gets right to the point. The two politicians were talking at cross purposes during the debate one argued strongly for immigration control, whereas the other was entire

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Vice, Investment, and the Seven Deadly Sins by Craig Duncan March 2005: its official vice pays. And its not even illegal. This month the Financial Times examined the spectacular growth of The Vice Fund, a Texas-based investment company which encourag

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Kerry in Ethiopia for Security Talks Soldiers from the European Union are helping train Malian troops to fight insurgents linked to al-Qaida terrorists. The deployment of a regional intervention force to replace French and Chadian troops in Mali is a

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Douglas Bakshian Manila 21 February 2006 Student protesters shout slogans as they block a busy street to call for the ouster of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Manila on Tuesday Feb. 2

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A recent Pew survey shows that a majority of people in most Muslim countries hold overwhelmingly negative views of the United States. The one exception is Indonesia, where President Barack Obama lived as a boy. Despite the fact that President Obama h

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Indonesian filmmaker Damien Dematra talks during a press conference about his upcoming movie about the childhood of U.S. President Barack Obama that portrays how the diversity of Jakarta influenced the future president [file photo] A recent Pew surve

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Global media rights groups are condemning the arrest and detention of a Somali radio reporter by the al-Shabab rebels. Somalia is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist. The National Union of Somali Journalis

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GadhafiLoyalistsFleeinConvoytoNiger Reports that a large convoy of Moammar Gadhafi's supporters has fled Libya for Niger have angered many in the Libyan capital. Citizens want to see their former leader and those around him facing justice at home. A

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US Criticized by All Sides in Egypt On the streets of Cairo many are angry over Washington's inaction as to whether the military's ouster of President Mohamed Morsi was a coup - an important legal distinction that would affect U.S. aid to the country

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 06 July 2007 International human rights activists and lawyers are condemning reports that Somalia's interim government has carried out its first formal executions since the government body was formed with international backing i

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The 2001 attacks, in which terrorists hijacked airliners to use as guided missiles, sparked a major overhaul of the U.S. intelligence community. Yet on Christmas Day, a would-be suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, nearly blew up an airline

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The Significance of Chinese Paintings A:It`s interesting that Chinese paintings can be created on the spot, even though most of them have similar subjects. Peony, plum blossoms, mountains, creeks or cottages are very popular. There are often painter

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On November 5th, 1990, a man named El-Sayyid Nosair walked into a hotel in Manhattan and assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane, the leader of the Jewish Defense League. Nosair was initially found not guilty of the murder, but while serving time on lesser ch

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The Pentagon has described the Taliban seizure of the northern Afghan city of Condu on Monday as a setback, but says it's confident that Afghan military can retake it. The US defense spokesman Pedicoca says a counter offensive was under way. We stron

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The US defence secretary Ash Carterhas signaled a change in American strategy against the Islamic State group in the Iraq and Syria. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mr. Carter said the US-led coalition would intensify airstrike

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