CNN 2010-06-26

Today I accepted General Stanley McChrystals resignation as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. I did so with considerable regret, but also with certainty that it is the right thing for our mission in Afghanistan,

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Millions of gallons of fresh water evaporate from the ocean daily, leaving all their salts behind, 每天有几百万加仑淡水从海洋蒸发，留下了全部盐分， so logically the seas ought to grow more salty with the passing years, but the

SSS 2008-05-22

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Now, the going gets tougher. The next stage introduces entities that are significantly more fragile, significantly more vulnerable, 现在，（变化的条件）就更加苛刻了。下一个阶段是初次形成的个体，个体是明显更加弱小

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Georgia is expressing skepticism about Russia's troop withdrawal announcement, even as Russian tanks and soldiers pull back from position deep inside Georgian territory. The pullback leaves several key Russian checkpoints in place. 尽管俄罗斯坦克

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A U.S. ship carrying humanitarian aid has arrived in Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi carrying humanitarian aid for residents of western Georgia displaced by Russia's recent military incursion. Authorities are assessing the destruction as Russian t

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They have been found living in boiling mud pots and lakes of caustic soda, deep inside rocks, at the bottom of the sea, 我们还发现细菌生活在沸腾的泥潭里和烧碱池里，岩石深处，大海底部， in hidden pools of icy water in t

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Once it seemed that the ocean floor was a desert of darkness. As everyone knew， sunlight was what made life possible by fueling photosynthesis， and sunlight can penetrate only the first few hundred yards of the oceans great depths. Lower， a few

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It's a kind of genetic photocopying, and it became the basis for all subsequent genetic science, from academic studies to police forensic work. 这一种复制基因的方法后来成了遗传科学的基础，无论是对于学术研究，还是对于

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And the answer that occurred to me first, 我首先想到的是 was it looked like another moon peeking out behind lo. 它看起来像是从木卫一后方露出来的另一个卫星 But when she looked closer she realised it 但仔仔观察后她才发

News & Reports 2011-09-18

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition The military spokesman of Libya's National Transitional Council says revolutionary fighters have taken control of the northern areas of Bani Walid and should control