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US Identifies Marines in Urination Video

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Chinas premier international development bank has lost one of its five vice-presidents less than nine months after opening its doors for business, according to the institutions president. 中国最看重的国际开发银行在投入运营不到9个月

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Will this futuristic design signal the wave of the future for superyachts for the super-rich? Shaped like the top half of a star, the concept vessel measures 162 feet in length and more than 60 metres in height, and has over 3,500 square metres of lu

AP 2010-12-01

1. A law enforcement official says the teenager accused of attempting to bomb a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon planned the details by himself, and not at the direction of any foreign terrorist organization. Mohamed Osman Mohamud

AP 2010-08-05

1. The Environmental Protection Agency says BP has cut its use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico by nearly three quarters since May. That statement comes a day after Congressman Ed Markey released a letter, saying BP carpet bombed the oce

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CNN 2008-07-16

Hope you're having a great day. I'm Nicole Lapin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Senator Barack Obama is now calling the war in Iraq a distraction that makes the country less safe. He says the most s

CNN 2008-04-12

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You thought the eurozone crisis was bad. Today, Europe faces no greater challenge than the mass exodus of refugees seeking a haven from the carnage in Syria and the turmoil in north Africa and the Sahel. It is equally clear that both the EUs response

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