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Using Electronics on Airplanes Flight attendant: Im sorry, sir, but all passengers need to turn off their portable electronic devices for takeoff, so youll need to turn off your laptop. Alec: I just need to finish one last email. Flight attendant: Si

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China-developed commercial airliner C919 has edged a step closer to takeoff after the plane's developer put it through the first high-speed taxi test last Sunday morning at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. 上周日上午，我国自主研发的商

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General Martin Dempsey said a key role of the American troops in Iraq is to assess whether the country's security forces can hold together and whether its leaders are confident they can do their jobs. Dempsey told reporters that the 750 troops will h

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Picture a living plane, and that gives you a sense of what Quetzalcoatlus would look like in life. And this is an animal that probably accelerates over 2.5Gs just on takeoff. Just beyond our comprehension. A Quetzalcoatlus is 10 times the weight of t

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 26 December 2007 Watch Operation Smile Operation Smile is an international group of medical professionals who perform reconstructive surgery, free of charge,for children with facial deformities. This year, Operation S

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2007 An anti-terrorism operation ordered by Italian prosecutors has led to the arrests of 17 Algerians and Tunisians in Italy, Britain, France and Portugal. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. Milan prosecut

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 August 2007 The U.S. command in eastern Afghanistan is confirming that U.S. and Afghan forces are conducting an offensive against insurgents in the rugged Tora Bora region. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. A spokesw

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By Mona Ghuneim New York 09 November 2007 A new branch of Operation Hope opened its doors recently in New York's Harlem neighborhood. The Hope Center of Harlem focuses on connecting minorities with mainstream, private sector resources and empowering

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BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Penglai 19-3 oilfield, which experienced a severe oil leak in 2011, has been given official permission to resume operations, according to the State Oceanic Administration (SOA). The SOA said in a Saturday statement th

London police arrest six people in counter terrorism operation

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Unable to vacate via A2, request full length of runway. 126. 不能经由滑行道A2脱离，请求全长跑道。 Crossing Runway 24, wilco. 127. 穿越24号跑道，照办。 Runway vacated. 128. 已脱离跑道 Giving way to B747 passing from left

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President Barack Obama has met behind closed doors with some of the secret special operations forces who killed Osama bin Laden. The president Friday thanked the units who carried out the operation against the leader of the al-Qaida terror network. A

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After departure, turn left heading 190, Runway 24R, cleared fortakeoff. 146. 起飞后，左转航向190，跑道24右，可以起飞 147. Request right turn when airborne due weather. 由于天气，离地后请求右转。 Take off immediately or h

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China's foreign ministry has expressed concern after a U.S. navy warship carried out a navigation operation near a disputed reef in the South China Sea. Spokesman Lu Kang says the warship illegally entered Chinese territorial waters, and that the mov

Cassano underwent heart operation

ROME, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Antonio Cassano underwent a heart surgery Friday morning to correct a congenital defect which was uncovered this week. The procedure, which took around 30 minutes to complete, is understood to have gone according to plan, the