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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she has deep concerns about a new immigration law in the western state of Arizona that will require police to question people if there is reason to believe they could be illegal immigrants. Napolitano

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On Monday, January 16, Americans will pay tribute to the legacy of slain civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in the annual national holiday that celebrates his birthday (January 15). More than 50 years ago, King campaigned across the

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MACER GIFFORD: I was sitting at my desk in London, in an ordinary job, working in the city, and every day I'd flick on my computer screen and see the most horrendous crimes being committed in the Middle East. And it stirred me into action. I first wa

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1. Its decision day in Scotland. Scots are heading to the poll, deciding whether they should be separated from England, leave the UK and become an independent state. 2. Australian authorities detained 15 people suspected in a major terror plot. Polic

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VOA标准英语2012--Sudanese Refugees Victims of Air Raid

Sudanese Refugees Victims of Air Raid At least one Sudanese refugee was injured and 14 others are missing following an air raid Monday in South Sudan. The U.N. refugee agency says the attack occurred in Upper Nile State where Sudanese refugees have s

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President Barack Obama heads to Mexico City on Thursday to meet with President Felipe Calderon, before traveling to Trinidad and Tobago for the fifth Summit of the Americas. Both nations are suffering economically, Mexico's border states are engulfe

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Cheaters Prospered in Historic US Land Rush A couple of boundaries between U.S. states have special historical significance. The Mason Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, for instance, informally divided the slaveholding South from the anti

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Refugee Crisis in South Sudan The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a refugee crisis in South Sudans Upper Nile State. It says 60 thousand people have fled fighting just across the border in Sudan. The group, also known as MSF, s

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The Islamic State extremists have made a direct threat to Australians. The group has issued a long line Fatwa, calling on its followers to kill by any means possible non-Muslims in several Western countries including Australia. The Attorney General s

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Finally Virginia seceded, but the western Virginians, in their turn, seceded from Virginia and two years later were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia. 最终弗吉尼亚人脱离了联邦，而西部的弗吉尼亚人紧接着脱离了

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A law intended to curb illegal immigration is to take effect in the southwestern state of Arizona late next month and it is generating controversy across the United States. Recent public opinion polls indicate that a majority of Americans, including

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Explanation: Canada, which is just to the north of the United States, or immediately north of the United States, shares a border (or separating line) with 13 U.S. states. The border is 5,522 miles (or 8,891 kilometers) long, which makes it the longes