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Visiting Cuba in 1895, during its war of independence from Spain, he travelled unperturbed through some of the island's most dangerous territory while writing for the Daily Graphic. 1895年，丘吉尔到了正在为脱离西班牙统治而战斗的古

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France has opened what it claims to be the world's first solar panel road. 法国近日开通了号称世界首条的太阳能电板公路。 The 1 km stretch of road in the small Normandy village of Tourouvre-au-Perche is paved with 2,880 solar pane

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 July 2006 Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to put forward conflicting assessments of the situation in Iraq. Lawmakers also considered a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office re

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Sochi. Kerry, who has also held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, says his discussions with Putin have been frank and productive, adding that the US and

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Lou Jiwei made the remarks Friday in Washington in the wake of the recent downgrading of China's outlook by two U.S. credit rating agencies. He says the outlook fails to reflect the real picture of the Chinese economy. We have just published the data

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Small and micro-sized companies in China are seeing their corporate income tax cut by half. Chinese tax authorities have announced companies with annual incomes of less than 200-thousand yuan are going to see their rates cut down to 10-percent. The t

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干预司法官员或被“拉黑”

China will begin blacklisting and punishing officials who interfere in judicial activities, under plans approved by the country's top reform planning committee on Friday. 中央全面深化改革领导小组周五（2月27日）通过的决议规定，

More gov't subsidies for rural medical insurance system

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EU asks Russia to work together for Syria peace

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Are you good enough, clever enough, good looking enough? If you think not, would you consider your answer to be objective? Are you one of those people who has an inner critic that Satan would be jealous of? Well it's time to see yourself as you reall

超越恐惧

When I was told last year that my 2－year－old son had an illness that threatened his life, I tried to strike a bargain with fate――I would do anything, I would trade my old life away, if only he would get better. We learned that our son would n

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