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US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill The Senates comprehensive reform bill provides a long and arduous path to residency and eventual U.S. citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. Democrat Richard Durbin helped craft the bill and ex

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As a former frontier mining camp, Tombstone, Arizona has faced its share of threats and calamities over the years, earning it a reputation as the town too tough to die. Now the southwestern community is dealing with an official warning from the U.S.

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By Ndimyake Mwakalyelye Washington 27 March 2008 When talking about paintings and contemporary art, names such as Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Vincent Van Gogh and others often come to mind. But, as we are about to show you, there is a whole body

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The United Nations is observing World Food Day (Saturday, Oct. 16). Food prices have been climbing in recent months because of bad weather in several major agricultural regions. Experts predict there will be more extreme weather as climate changes, j

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Crews are drilling holes hoping to ventilate toxic gas from a West Virginia mine where 25 miners were killed. Four miners are being missing. Once the mine is ventilated, officials say teams will need four to five hours to reach the area where rescue

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California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status The U.S. National Park Service is about to convey landmark status upon a place on the California coast, not far from San Franciscos famous Golden Gate Bridge. That sounds kind of routine, but some people

VOA标准英语2011--Chinese Goods Top Christmas Wish List In Cameroon

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Pakistan Voters Head to Polls in Landmark Elections The nationwide poll for a new national assembly and government leadership follows the bloodiest election campaign in Pakistans history. For weeks, militants and extremists bombed, shot at, killed, k

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VOA标准英语2010-Landmark Indian Education Law Comes Into

Indian students take lessons from their teacher inside a classroom at a school in Calcutta, India, 1Apr 2010 Indian Government Fails to Build Political Consensus on Women's Reservation Bill In India, a landmark law which makes education a fundamental

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad, Pakistan 03 August 2007 Pakistani and Afghan leaders will meet August 9-12 to discuss cross-border security issues in a landmark assembly or grand jirga. The four-day talks come as extremists continue to inflict heavy cas