先行一步的加州枪支管制法 California has some of the strictest gun control laws in the United States, which some Americans see as a model for future national laws. But others worry about the erosion of the right to bear arms as stated in t

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11月美大选 拉美裔选民举棋不定 Hispanics represent the fastest-growing minority in the United States and an increasingly important segment of the voting population, especially in so-called swing states like Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada

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西班牙危机加深 欧洲质疑紧缩政策 Spain's economic crisis has deepened as unemployment has reached a record high and its credit rating is downgraded. It comes as fears grow across the continent that the worst of the euro crisis may not b

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奥巴马正式启动连任竞选活动 President Barack Obama has officially begun his campaign to win a second term in the White House, six months before Election Day. The president kicked off the campaign Saturday on college campuses in two key st

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抗议群众聚集芝加哥抗议两峰会 Though the NATO Summit starts May 20, protestors are already filling the streets of the host city, Chicago. Friday was originally supposed to be the opening day protest rally of the G8 meeting in the city. 虽

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华人战俘劫后余生:每天都是假日 Looking at him today, few would guess Paul Loong, 88, has a larger-than-life story. Even his daughter, Theresa Loong, a filmmaker, was taken by surprise when she discovered her father's diary from his tim

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今天的年轻人:C世代还是E世代? Americans like to give names to generations. We call those who lived through World War II, the Greatest Generation; those who came of age reading the beatnik poets of the 1950s, the Beat Generation; those fo

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发达国家需要负增长? A new report says the global economy that sprang from the industrial revolution may not be suitable for sustainable growth in the 21st Century. The Worldwatch Institute says environmental stress, economic volatility and

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美国中西部大旱 玉米遭灾 Record high temperatures and a lack of rainfall are creating the worst drought conditions for U.S. farmers in a generation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared more than 1,000 counties in 26 states natur

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密西西比河水位下降威胁航运 The Mississippi River is the longest and most economically important waterway in the United States. But a lack of rainfall is reducing the depth of the river. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is surveying the r

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罗姆尼问鼎白宫的成功商人 Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will be formally nominated next week as the Republican Partys presidential candidate at the party's convention in Tampa, Florida. 美国共和党全国代表大会正在佛罗

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从枪击案看白人至上种族主义走向 American Sikhs have been mourning the victims of the mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin - and are trying to comprehend an act that seems senseless. The shooter's motives are unclear, but one orga

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亚洲缺虎骨求狮骨 保育者急救南非狮 A new ad campaign is underway in South Africa to stop the countrys lion bone trade. Lions are killed so their bones can be used to make fake aphrodisiacs and traditional medicines. The demand for the

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美国大选影响未来财税政策走向 Unless the U.S. Congress acts, most Americans will pay more taxes next year to a federal government forced to slash domestic and national defense spending. Such an outcome would significantly cut the deficit

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我回来了:施瓦辛格当上教授 Former California governor and one-time action star Arnold Schwarzenegger has embarked on a new career - as a policy analyst and senior statesman. Schwarzenegger convened the first forum Monday at his new insti

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罗姆尼竞选因录像事件受损 In the U.S. presidential race, the latest polls show that President Barack Obama has pulled into a modest lead over his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Romney is trying to get his

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美国失业者2014处境艰难 Five years after the financial crisis, many indicators suggest a recovery is finally taking hold in the worlds largest economy. U.S. gross domestic product is growing at its fastest pace in two years, and unemployment

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加州加紧打击人口贩卖活动 A recent U.S. State Department report says 27 million people worldwide are subject to forced labor and sexual slavery. A major effort is under way in California to fight the problem. 人口贩卖是当今国际社会

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美国总统大选前选民情绪 Outside the growing city of Charlotte, North Carolina - host to the 2012 Democratic National Convention - a different section of America watches. Kane Farabaugh looks at how people who live just a few hours west of t

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抗议民众在共和党大会外表达不满 More than three years after the U.S. economy fell into deep recession, protesters outside the Republican National Convention point to what they call a continuing crisis of unemployment and homelessness. A

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