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AP 2011-10-17

1. The State Department says it has had at least one direct conversation with Iran over allegations of an assassination plot on US soil. The US says Iran was behind a plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US. 2. Conviction in Connecticut i

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The construction of the project was started in 2011 with an investment of 1.2-billion yuan, or about 180 million US dollars. The 500 metre Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is the size of 30 football fields. It's located in a hollow that was for

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