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A major bridge in Baghdad that spans the Tigris River reopened Tuesday with much fanfare, 13 months after terrorists bombed the landmark and killed more than 10 people. Iraqi officials say they are celebrating more than a bridge reopening; they are c

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The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, spoke about the dangers of nuclear proliferation Tuesday in a speech in Denver, Colorado. Meanwhile, there is only one week left in the Democratic primary battle between Senators B

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The earthquake in southwestern China displaced five million people, and many families were separated, leaving parents and children still looking for their loved ones. In the chaos, there has been a special outpouring of concern for the thousands of c

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Burma has agreed to allow foreign medical teams into regions hit by Cyclone Nargis. The agreement, reached during a meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations, comes ahead of a visit to Burma this week by the United Nations secretary-gene

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Chinese flags flew at half-staff to mark the beginning of a three-day mourning period for the victims of a massive earthquake that struck southwestern China one week ago. More than 34,000 people have been confirmed dead, and the casualties now includ

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The French government says it has held informal talks with Hamas for the first time in months, and suggests that the militant Palestinian group is showing new flexibility. 法国政府表示,法国政府和哈马斯举行了几个月来的第一次会

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon goes to Burma Thursday, where he plans to visit some of the hardest hit areas of the cyclone-devastated country and meet with the reclusive regime's top leaders. The U.N. chief will also attend a joint U.N.-ASEAN do

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Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama debated the wisdom of dealing directly with Iran Monday. The exchange on foreign policy came on the eve of primaries Tuesday in Kentucky and Oregon, the next contests in the long running Democratic

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South Korean lawmakers from mainly liberal parties say they will block ratification of a major free-trade deal with the United States amid a panic about American beef imports. The political stalemate ends hopes for a speedy implementation of the pact

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The Bush administration Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to a diplomatic resolution of the Iran nuclear issue though also saying it forecloses no options in dealing with the matter. The comments followed an Israeli newspaper story that U.S. military

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates faced tough questions from lawmakers Tuesday about the Bush administration's refusal to hold talks with Iran unless Tehran first halts its uranium enrichment program. Gates told a Senate panel that it is an open

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Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky primary election, Tuesday, by a margin of more than two to one, but Barack Obama won the race in Oregon and passed a milestone in the Democratic Party's presidential contest. Clinton has vowed to stay in the race, whi

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Both Israel and Syria confirmed on Wednesday they are holding indirect peace talks mediated by Turkish officials. 以色列和叙利亚星期三都证实,双方正在土耳其官员的调停下举行间接和平谈判。 In nearly simultaneous stat

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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns extreme poverty, climate change and civil strife are generating more refugees around the world. He says the growing number of refugees and migrants is leading to more intolerance and xe

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Nations attending a United Nations-sponsored special session on the world food crisis say failure to address the soaring cost of food threatens to undermine gains on reducing poverty. They warn this could lead to growing instability. The 47-member U.

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Russian human rights activists are urging President Dmitri Medvedev to act on his call for legal reforms by freeing individuals considered to be political prisoners. The activists say their case is supported by Mr. Medvedev's recent acknowledgement t

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Before departing for cyclone-stricken Burma Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hopes to meet with government officials, neighboring leaders and relief coordinators to plan the way forward out of this crisis. Meanwhile, John Holmes, U.

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The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt says the United States is helping China work to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases following this week's massive earthquake. 美国卫生与公众服务部长莱维特说,美国正在

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The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday, May 21, for the fourth round of the so-called composite dialogue process. It is the first high level bilateral talks between the two countries since the civilian gover

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Australia will increase its annual migration intake to 300,000 people a year - the biggest rise since the end of World War II. The increase in the annual quota is intended to address the country's chronic skills shortages. 澳大利亚把外来移民定

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adepts
affinity adsorbent
antisymmetric mode
appellator
Arniston
beartrap
belly up
betalite
bibulation
blasticidin
Blockley
bronchiole
cerebro
chaff-cutter
class-sizer
clear of suspicion
cold drying
columb
communist materialism
continuous line recording instrument
cosmetic case
cyclconic storm
dash sb's hopes
dermatitis of the rice field
desert olive
Deyeuxia scabrescens
dipropyl malonate
dosai
Dunkineely
earth atmosphere system radiation budget
endearings
fading memory filter
fiber channel
fixed-displacement oil motor
flast
formosan hare
Forte Veneza
Geringswalde
great ragweed
Henry the Lion
hotel business
hygrophilous
inland waterway B/L
intermodification
interposit
intrude rock
isophorous
isovolumic
just enough
kazunori
kristian
less-than-carload rate
lightage
main distributing conveyor
marginal scute
misexplanation
Momuy
monitered
N6-Methyltetrahydroharman
nakoes
nehamas
Nervus supraorbitalis
orthographical
out of size
oxide masking
perca fluviatiliss
pneumatically controlled bistable
polyphase neutral point
power substation telephone system
preformationists
printer setup
projector distance
quark - gluon plasma
raster graphics processor
rate of coagulation
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reference point according to goldberger
repet
sampling observation
samuel adamss
saturater
semiflexible board
shared memory technique
shear force diagram
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stochastic instability
string quotes
summer depression
surfathesin
swamp ash
thrust-faulting
twist type piston ring
utter refusal
vee notched specimen
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villafane
virtual directory
wakenest
wheel out of round
white fir