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Will went in front, his shaggy little garron picking the way carefully through the undergrowth. 威尔打前锋，骑着他那匹长毛的马，在矮树丛里小小心翼翼地探路。 A light snow had fallen the night before, and there were stones

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AP 2009-09-25

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CNN 2009-08-30

Hello everyone, Im Catherin Callaway at CNN Centre in Atlanta with a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. About fifteen hundred people attend Senator Edward Kennedys funeral mass in Boston today and among those attending would be former Presiden

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CNN 2009-09-19

Hello, I am Naamua Delaney at the CNN center in Atlanta and here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We have new details on a terrorism investigation in New York and Colorado. Sources close to the investigation tell CNN the suspects may h

CNN 2009-09-03

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His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft assin. Bet he killed them all himself, he did, Gared told the barracks over wine, twisted their little heads off, our mighty warrior. They had all shared the laugh. 而他身上最耀眼