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AP 2012-06-30

1. The death-watch is on for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Officials Wednesday said Mubarak was taken off life support and he's now in a coma. This is mixing on certain political back trial that's the royal of the country following the rec

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NPR 2011-06-22

The Republican field of presidential hopefuls is getting bigger. Today, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman formally announced his candidacy at New Jersey's Liberty State Park, the same place where Ronald Reagan announced his White House bid in 1980. H

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PARIS, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Swiss mogul Roger Federer closed on a first ever Paris Masters final when he beat Richard Gasquet to reach the quarterfinals on Thursday. Federer, the third seed, broke the home favorite in the opening service game and secu

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Chinese athletes return from London

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Obama calls Romney amid growing campaign chaos

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Britain enjoys Super Saturday with three athletics golds

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Chen and Li claim third consecutive title

QINGDAO, China, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers Chen Jin and Li Xuerui both registered their third consecutive title in recent three tournaments as they triumphed at the Asian badminton championships here on Sunday. Chen Jin is only one step a

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China leads in 2012 Diving World Series

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At the time, what they thought 在那个时候，启蒙学者们认为 distinguished science was a radical idea about things unseen, known as empiricism. 科学的独特标志是一个关于不可见事物的激进看法，叫做经验主义 All know