Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Iraqs foreign minister says his country is headed in the right direction. 伊拉克外交部长霍希亚尔.兹巴里在纽约向外交关系委员会成员演讲时表示,伊拉克在向正确

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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said while much has been done to combat racism and xenophobia, much remains to be done. He spoke on the 10th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action. 联合国秘书长潘基文说,虽然联合国

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Norwegian police are questioning the suspected gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth summer camp hours after he allegedly set off a bomb blast that killed seven people in the capital, Oslo. Police are also investigating the possibi

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President Barack Obama on Wednesday held his first solo news conference since March, answering reporters' questions on issues ranging from Afghanistan and Libya, to the impasse with Congress over federal deficit reduction and raising the government's

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Greek politicians have voted in favor of $40 billion worth of austerity measures that were a precondition for Greece to receive international loans and stave off financial disaster. But as strikes take place across the nation and thousands gather in

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Discontent runs high in Italy among the population due to the country's economic difficulties. This led to massive protests over the weekend attended by tens of thousands of demonstrators. 意大利经济困境引起民众的高度不满,数万名示

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The international community came together Saturday at the United Nations to find ways to mitigate the current crisis in the Horn of Africa, but also to prevent future ones from happening. At the meeting, the World Bank chief announced nearly $2 billi

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the authorities have made some mistakes in their handling of anti-government protests since mid-March. 叙利亚总统阿萨德表示,叙利亚政府在处理最近几个月以来、在叙利亚各地发生的

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When Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle started losing money in 1998, its CEO began a search for a new management system that would get the hospital back on track. 1998年,西雅图的维吉尼亚梅森医疗中心出现亏损,执行长开始

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More than a million people descended on Rome to take part in the beatification ceremony of the late Pope John Paul II. 一百多万人来到罗马参加为已故教皇保罗二世举行的宣福礼。 Throngs of people jammed Saint Peters Square, the

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Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi pounded oil tanks in the besieged city of Misrata Saturday, setting off gigantic fires that poured black smoke into the air. 忠于利比亚领导人卡扎菲的部队星期六捣毁了被围攻城市米苏

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When the District of Columbia swore in its newly-elected mayor and council in January, about 300 ordinary Washingtonians also took an oath as representatives of local citizens groups called Advisory Neighborhood Commissions - or ANCs. Each ANC is mad

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You probably missed The New York Times photograph that showed a revealing picture of New Yorkers rides into work on commuter trains. The photographer stood behind a long series of rows, three seats to a row. In the photo, every window and aisle seat

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Tuesday's exchange of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has brought happiness to many in the region - but the underlying confrontations remain. 巴勒斯坦和以色列之间星期二展开的战俘交换让区域内的

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Thailands recently elected Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has made her first official visit to Cambodia. The one-day trip marks a new start in bilateral relations, which have been poor in recent years. 泰国最近当选的总理英拉西那瓦首次

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States unequivocally supports the economic recovery plan of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Clinton held talks with top Greek officials in Athens in advance of a critical European meeting Thu

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The countdown is on for South Sudan's independence July 9, and the country's future capital is making its final preparations for the big day. 距离7月9日南苏丹的独立日期,已经进入倒计时阶段。 Joy in Juba Right now we're on one o

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday visited the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 美国总统奥巴马星期二抵达美国属地波多黎各,受到当地民众欢迎。 Buenas tardes! With a greeting of Good afternoon in Spanish, President Obama be

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Some 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico over the past five years as the Latin American country's police and military battle powerful drug cartels that are also fighting with each other over smuggling routes. In spite of the dire headlines, hund

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Ten years ago, the United States homeland came under attack. Islamic terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into the two World Trade Center towers in New York and another into the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C. A fourth plane crashed in Penn

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