The Irish government may be heading towards collapse after agreeing to a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he will call an election for early next year, but some politicians in Irelan

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60 北爱尔兰首相与布莱尔讨论和平进程问题 N. Ireland Official Discusses Peace Process With Blair Laurie Kassman London 12 Jun 2001 23:31 UTC Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimb

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The Rugby League Varsity Match is a ruby league game played annually in March. 橄榄球联盟对抗赛是一种每年3月举行的橄榄球联盟比赛。 Until 2010, it has been contested for only 30 years, and Cambridge leads the series 16 to 13,

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The Vikings who would eventually descend on Ireland had their ancestral roots here in Norway. From these fjords, they created a maritime empire that stretched from the shores of America in the west to central Russia in the east. The Viking world of t

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Tell me what happens when the monks arrive. Well, they would have, first of all, made their way to the local king, the local lord, or something like that, because you couldnt just arrive off the next available flight and announce, hi, Im your new loc

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But Columbanus was deeply loyal to the idea of church led by the pope from Rome. He was a decentrer, not a revolutionary. He looked beyond the monastery walls, imagining a Europe united in faith and culture. Is the narration spoken in the language of

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For the monasteries were still producing great works of art. He might have been less enamoured at the political maneuvering. The status of clergy could have much to do with their alliances and family ties with the local aristocracy. Indeed, from the

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In 795, monks on an island near Dublin saw a fleet of ships approaching. The long ships with a dragons head carved on the bow carried a force of warriors who would plunder the treasures accumulated by the monastery over 2 centuries. A monk wrote late

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For over 40 years, the Vikings raided Irelands coastal villages and monasteries, carrying off plunder and slaves in their long boats. They struck suddenly and caught the Irish unawares. So the Vikings became bolder and began to sail down the rivers o

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By the 11th century, the Vikings who had settled in Ireland, the Hiberno-Norse, had been here for over a century and a half. Theyd intermarried, become Christian and formed local alliances. Theyd founded thriving port cities like Waterford, Wexford,

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Brian did not see himself as a king among equals but as high king of all Ireland, and with a mighty army he set about trying to control the island. In the only statement of his that we know about, he describes himself as Imperator Scottorum, Emperor

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On Good Friday 1014, the opposing forces faced each other at Clontarf, outside Dublin. There were two Irish armies, but both with their Viking allies. Of these Vikings it was said they carried arrows anointed and browned in the blood of dragons. The

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Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union. 英国首相卡梅伦在英国公投决定脱欧后将于十月辞去首相职务。 Mr Cameron made the announcement in a statement outside Downi

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January 23, 1935My darling Clemmie,In your letter from Madras you wrote some words very dear to me, about my having enriched your life. I cannot tell you what pleasure this gave me, because I always feel so overwhelmingly in your debt, if there can b

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Scotland cannot manage without the UK, Theresa May said as she attempts to quash moves for a second independence vote. 特丽莎梅试图取消苏格兰的第二次独立公投,她表示,苏格兰离不开英国。 With 62 per cent of Scots votin

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Theresa May has said her shoes are the greatest love of her life and that she dislikes her nose, in a revealing personal interview with a local magazine. 在当地杂志的一次个人采访中,特蕾莎?梅曾表示,鞋子是她的最爱,而她对

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Until the shock Brexit vote, the Prime Minister assumed he had another three years left in power. By late tomorrow, he and his family will be out of Downing Street. 令人震惊的英国脱欧公投之前,卡梅伦以为自己还有3年任期。然而

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British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to call for a renewal of the special relationship with the United States, as Britain prepares to leave the European Union and President Donald Trump begins his term as the U.S. leader. 在英国即将脱欧,川

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模仿文本: Abenomics, the name that's given to a massive economic project launched a year ago by Japan's recently reelected Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. In simple terms, abenomics means reflation, Japan's new deal, if you like, pumping billions b

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GWEN IFILL: Joining me now to discuss today's historic events and this remarkable time in the U.K. is Sir Peter Westmacott, a longtime diplomat in the British Foreign Service. He left his post as British ambassador to the U.S. earlier this year, and

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