Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Cars drive to Murtala Mohammed in Lagos, Nigeria 26 Dec. 2009 The Nigerian government has enhanced security checks at its airports after a young Nigerian man tried to blow up a U.S. airliner. Nigerian Information Minister Dora

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On the other hand, when you brand yourself as someone who refrains from speaking disapprovingly of others, 另一方面,当你铭记某人拒绝说其他人的坏话, not only will people's respect for you grow, but you will also be happier. 不仅人们

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Rights Group Accuses Nigerian Military of 'Cover-Up' The rights group said satellite images following last month's violence in the northern Nigerian town of Baga show more than 2,000 buildings destroyed. Nigeria's military says only several dozen hom

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人生在于完整 once a circle missed a wedge. the circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. but because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly

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The Nigerian lawyer for U.S.-based blogger, Jonathan Elendu, has called for the secret police to either charge him in court or free him immediately. Elendu has been held since October 18, when the Nigerian State Security Service arrested him at the

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Egypt is opening its border with Gaza to humanitarian aid and relief. The move comes as Cairo, along with its neighbors in the Middle East, continue to condemn Israel's deadly raid Monday of an international aid convoy to the Palestinian territory. P

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A handout picture from Israeli human rights organization Breaking the Silence, 18 Aug 2010, shows an undated photograph of an Israeli soldier posing near a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee at an undisclosed location A former Israeli so

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The new military rulers of Niger have named a civilian prime minister to lead the country's transitional government until elections. The new PM, Mahamadou Danda, served as information minister in a transitional government that followed Niger's last c

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Australia has approved a huge natural gas project to be built on a nature reserve off its west coast. The $42 billion development will supply gas to China and India but environmentalists condemn it as irresponsible. The development on Barrow Island

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The United States is warning Honduras that there will be a cascade of negative consequences for the Central American state if the coup that ousted elected President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday is not reversed. The Obama administration is backing mediati

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Burmese Oppositions Tenure in Government Under Scrutiny Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi's historic election raised hopes she, and the National League for Democracy, would become vocal opponents of Burmas rights abuses. But after siding wit

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Chapter 33 More than once did Elizabeth, in her ramble within the park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy. She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought, and, to preven

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肯尼亚恐怖攻击后军方戒备森严Victims of the devastating terrorist attack that left 148 people dead last week in Garissa, Kenya, are trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.上周在肯尼亚加里萨大学发生的恐怖攻

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Political infighting has led to the collapse of Ukraine's governing coalition, raising the prospect of difficult negotiations to form a new government or a third parliamentary election in as many years. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky has been foll

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Angolan authorities say security forces have arrested two individuals allegedly involved in the deadly attack on Togo's national football team on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations. Despite the Togolese team's subsequent withdrawal, the tournament

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 13 April 2006 The U.N. Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan have condemned the rebel offensive in Chad. Diplomats expressed concern about the rebels' link

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By Jessica Desvarieux Cairo 18 September 2009 Iranian opposition supporters attend protest in Tehran, 18 Sep 2009 Thousands of Iranian opposition supporters marched through the streets of the capital Friday, ignoring government warnings not to turni

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The U.N. High Commissioner believes this action risks putting Switzerland on a collision course with its international human-rights obligations Lisa Schlein | Geneva 01 December 2009 Demonstrators light candles next to a banner that reads This is not

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BBC News with Jonathan Izard American officials have announced new sanctions against what they are calling dangerous terrorist groups operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The financial sanctions against five named individuals come as the United Sta

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