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CNN 2010-12-18

Mr.Assange will have to stay behind bars because he will eitherbe staying behind bars because there is an appeal and will be in court either late tomorrow or early Thursday.Or, because we haven't got 200,000 pounds which we can deliver to this court

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NPR 2008-11-08

President-elect Barack Obama held his first news conference today after meeting with a group of economic advisors. NPR's Chris Arnold reports. President-elect Obama held the meeting with the advisors ranging from Warren Buffett to former Treasury Se

NPR 2009-05-01

Chrysler has been forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the struggling US automaker failed to reach an agreement with its creditors. David Cole is the head of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He says Chrysler hopes

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Good morning. As families across the country enjoy the summer, Americans can be optimistic about our economic future. In the past four years, our economy has been through a lot: we faced a stock market decline, a recession, corporate scandals, an att

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AS IT IS 2014-07-16 Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis 国会将关注美国边境危机 Congress soon may vote on whether to approve funds requested by President Barack Obama to deal with a rise in immigrants from Central America. President Obama

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APART from more money, what the city of Detroit needs most is certainty. Both are in short supply at the moment. On March 21st a state-appointed review team unanimously agreed that it is suffering a severe financial emergency. The day before, Moodys

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VOA双语新闻 ---US Protesters Mark Iraq War Anniversary

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