Lawmakers Push Bills on Mental Illness, Guns 美议员推动心理疾病与枪支暴力提案 CAPITOL HILL The mass killing in Santa Barbara, California that left six people dead has reignited a debate in the U.S. Congress about how to keep guns out

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New Congress Could Push Obama Toward Tougher Action on Ukraine 新国会可能会推动奥巴马对乌克兰采取更强硬的措施 STATE DEPARTMENT The Obama administration says sanctions against those backing separatists in eastern Ukraine are hav

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Wang is a taxi driver in his fifties. He's been driving cabs in Beijing for a long time. He says he made a loss in the first two months of this year, and estimates he'll see another loss in March. Last year, since the popularity of the app, it has be

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Reforming Chinas state-owned firms 改革中国的国有企业 From SOE to GLC 从国有企业到国联企业 Chinas rulers look to Singapore for tips on portfolio management 中国领导人指望得到新加坡关于投资组合管理的指点 Nov 2

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JEFFREY BROWN:Yes, taxes are due on Monday. And, yes, once again, tax reform is in the air. It's been more than a quarter-century since the last overhaul, and now President Obama and key leaders in both parties say they'd like to work on simplifying

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JUDY WOODRUFF: One recent spike in broadband usage is music. When you want to listen to a song today, you don't have to buy a copy or even download it anymore. Increasingly, you stream it. And that has led to a profound shift in the industry that is

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GWEN IFILL: In a vote on the Senate floor last night, lawmakers blocked a bill that would have drastically changed the way the National Security Agency currently monitors American citizens. MAN: On this vote, the yeas are 58, the nays are 42. GWEN IF

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Finance and economics 财经商业 Reforming China's state-owned firms 改革中国国有企业 From SOE to GLC 从国有企业到国联企业 China's rulers look to Singapore for tips on portfolio management 中国领导人指望得到新加坡关于投

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Speaking with his Palestinian counterpart at the start of a Palestinian investment conference in London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he felt President-elect Barack Obama can bring a new energy to the Israel-Palestinian peace process. 英国

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U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell has begun meetings with officials in Israel to revive stalled peace efforts. Among the obstacles that Mitchell is facing is Israel's continuing expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. 美

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The new leader of Israel's ruling party is vowing to move forward with peace talks with the Palestinians, while confronting Iran. 以色列执政党的新领导人誓言要在对抗伊朗的同时,推动和巴勒斯坦的和平谈判。 Foreign Min

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will push his plan for a European Union-style forum in the Asia-Pacific region at the APEC summit in Peru. Mr. Rudd says early negotiations have been positive. 澳大利亚总理陆克文将在秘鲁举行的亚太经

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America's top diplomat is heading back to the Middle East for a new peace mission, but there are few expectations for a major breakthrough. 美国最高外交官为一项新的和平使命再次前往中东,不过几乎没有人期望这次和平使命

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has highlighted the role of reform in China's economic adjustment, aiming for safer and higher-quality growth. The president made the remarks during an inspection tour in Zhejiang province, where he was party chief from 2

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Jiang Wan is a young mother living in Beijing. Like many in her age demographic, she prefers to shop online, and gravitates toward foreign products for her baby girl. I usually choose to buy well-known brands in bulk. I think when it comes to childre

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The NHS 国民健康保险制度 Health reform in a cold climate 遇冷的医改 The government's reforms to the NHS are viewed as its biggest failure. They are better than that 政府医改被指其最大败笔。盛名之下其实难副 WITH the Co

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Germany's government 德国政府 Easy politics, bad policies 简单的政治,糟糕的政策 By indulging her Social Democratic coalition partners, Angela Merkel risks turning Germany in the wrong direction 安格拉默克尔对其社会民主党盟

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Welfare reform 福利改革 Bedrooms and brickbats 睡房与碎砖 The bedroom tax will probably survive 睡房税很可能延续 ON A sunny spring morning, a small group of protesters wait at the Department of Work and Pensions with a giant card for

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Britain 英国 Reforming the NHS 改革国民医保系统 Bitter medicine 良药苦口 Competition is not the cause of the NHS's problems 竞争不是导致国民医保系统问题的原因 LIKE patients shrinking from needles, many doctors fear poli

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Italy's labour market 意大利的劳动市场 Marching to a different tune 变奏进行中 A bold move to free up employment 开放就业市场的大胆举措 WHILE many people's eyes were on Greece, another southern European country was taking a ve

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