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By Deborah Tate Washington 12 July 2007 U.S. Senate (file photo) For the first time in U.S. Senate history, a Hindu clergyman delivered the chamber's daily prayer Thursday, but only after Capitol police removed several protesters who disrupted the se

CNN 2012-02-09

Hi,am CA.Thanks for spending part of your Tuesday time with CNN students news.You know how we do things here.10 minutes, no commercials,global headlines delivered right to your class. First up,today.The US embassy closed,the British ambassador called

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I see it in the Dreamer who stays up late at night to finish her science project, and the teacher who comes in early maybe it was some extra supplies that she bought, because she knows that that young girl might someday cure a disease. 有一个女孩有

AP 2012-03-21

1. The lawyer for a US Army sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers says he's flying to Fort Leavenworth to meet with his client. John Henry Browne says he plans to meet with Robert Bales Monday. Bales hasn't been charged yet. 2. An Occupy

VOA慢速英语2015 河内数百人抗议砍伐树木

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特朗普、桑德斯造势会频现暴力事件

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VOA标准英语2009-Demonstrators Question Iran Election Results

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VOA标准英语2010年-Symbolic Coffins Mark Anti-War Protest

Several days of anti-war activities in Washington have culminated with the procession of symbolic coffins across the streets of the capital. Many demonstrators said they had supported President Barack Obama in his election in 2008, but were now disap

VOA标准英语2011-Protesters Call for Ban of Tunisian RCD P

Tunisia's transitional government met for the first time as protesters hardened their calls for the former ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party to be dissolved and banned. The protests in Tunisia are smaller these days than the mass dem

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their version of a tax overhaul today. Like the House bill that's already moving along, the Senate version is being touted as a way to keep more money in Americans' pockets. But for millio

French Protesters Rally Over Pension Refofm

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VOA常速英语2008年-Protesters Ask for Release of All Hostages in C

By Manuel Rueda Bogota 05 April 2008 Colombia has the world's highest kidnapping rate, and in the past 10 years more than 3,000 Colombians have been kidnapped by rebel groups, paramilitaries and common criminals, who use their victims for economic or

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 06 November 2007 United Nations officials say Congolese soldiers have obstructed food distribution to displaced families in the Democratic Republic of Congo by trying to register their own families for U.N. aid. Dozens were in

Egypt to Form New Government, Military to Transfer Power

Egypt's military rulers have agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. Politicians say the agreement was made during a crisis meeting on Tuesday as tens of thousands of Egyptians protested in the street

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In Japan, hundreds of overseas Chinese have taken to the streets to protest against the CEO of APA Hotels, Toshio Motoya. The rightist hotel tycoon has come under fire after distributing and placing factually incorrect books in the rooms of his hotel

Thousand protesters attempt to oust Yemeni president

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The U.S. Senate has passed a compromise measure that extends payroll tax cuts for American workers for another two months. Lawmakers in the upper house of Congress overwhelmingly passed the legislation by a vote of 89 to 10, a day after Republicans a

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Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Kandil has condemned recent attacks by protesters on state property and urged the protesters to restrain from violence in achieving their goals. I call on them, throughout these incidents, to look at the coming elections