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Have you ever been waiting in line at the grocery store, 你是否曾经在杂货店里排队等候， innocently perusing the magazine rack, when a song pops into your head? 毫无念头的浏览着杂志书架时，有一首歌在你的脑海里响起

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So a little unknown secret is -- 那么, 一个不为人知秘密是 -- did you see the one with the guy, he's got the Web cam? 你有没有看到一个带着网络摄像机的家伙? The poor PC guy. They're duct taping his head. They're just wrappi

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AP 2011-06-04

1. A UN official who met with war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic as he was being extradited from Belgrade says Mladic was extremely cooperative when taken into custody. He'll appear before a judge in the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Friday. Mladic is

AP 2011-10-17

1. The State Department says it has had at least one direct conversation with Iran over allegations of an assassination plot on US soil. The US says Iran was behind a plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US. 2. Conviction in Connecticut i

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Muhammad's following began to grow. They called themselves Muslims for those who surrendered to God. They set out to preserve the message Muhammad had brought. This was the beginning of the Koran. The Koran was revealed orally, but very soon people r

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China's hi-res mapping satellite expanding coverage

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Smartphones are being used to combat the dreaded mosquito in Italy, with a new app that tracks the location of the blood-sucking pests. 意大利人很怕蚊子，于是用上智能手机来抵御蚊害：一种新开发的应用程序将能追踪到这

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Let me confess that we two must be twain, 尽管我们的爱天衣无缝、浑然一体， Although our undivided loves are one: 我却得承认我们毕竟在肉体上分离。 So shall those blots that do with me remain 这样一来，我身上不光