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No wonder you are late for it is so foggy today.

Let us study more closely the way in which a plant grows. The root pushes itself down into the earth. If it finds no water, it soon dies. If it finds water, it begins to suck it up and change it into

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2018年CRI Innovation next stage of China's development: Cambridge Vice-Chancellor

Mr. Trump has very weak popularity ratings and I think he has to energize the people who voted for him in the first place to try to get them out to vote in the mid-term elections. So I'm hopeful that overtime that saner heads will prevail and in fact

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In India's West Bengal State, authorities have started talks with protesters opposing an automobile plant proposed by Tata Motors to manufacture the world's cheapest car. The automaker has suspended work on the plant, in the face of growing protests

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American and international financial markets are welcoming word that the U.S. government is taking over two troubled institutions that back roughly half the country's home mortgages. The Bush administration says it took the action reluctantly to head

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News & Reports 2011-11-13

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at the CEO summit of the APEC Summit calling on Asia-Pacific economies to make all efforts to achieve a balanced, inclus

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