CNN 2011-02-21

You're tuned in to CNN Student News, where Fridays are always awesome! Hi, everyone. Carl Azuz is off today. I'm Joyce Joseph. Let's get to the headlines. First up, political protests turn violent in some of the Middle Eastern nations we've been talk

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NPR 2011-06-22

The Republican field of presidential hopefuls is getting bigger. Today, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman formally announced his candidacy at New Jersey's Liberty State Park, the same place where Ronald Reagan announced his White House bid in 1980. H

CNN 2011-10-05

The United States weighes new actions against the very dangerous Militant group, that maybe as big a threat to American and Afghanistan as al Qaeda or the Taliban. The Obama administration appears to formally call Haqqani network, what so many people

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Recent public opinion polls show continuing faith in President Barack Obama, despite a daily drumbeat of bad economic news. But political experts warn that the public will not remain patient forever. President Barack Obama Americans cannot get away

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Chinese authorities are warning of harsh punishments after several ghostwriters were caught attending the national college entrance exam, or Gaokao, sparking a huge wave of repercussions. CRI's Sophie Williams reports. The education department in Jia

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Turning down a date can be tricky, particularly when you dont feel comfortable to blurt out: 'I'm just not that into you.' 拒绝约会也是需要技巧的，尤其当你不好意思直说我只是没那么喜欢你而已的时候。 Since being so

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When you look at a lake, you are looking at a collection of molecules that have been there on average for about a decade. 要是你望一眼湖水，你看到的是一大堆分子，它们在那里平均已达10年之久。 In the ocean the residence