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Iraqi Kurds offered on Wednesday to suspend the results of an independence vote and to start talks with the government in Baghdad. However, an Iraqi military spokesman suggested that, regardless of talks, an offensive would continue to capture territ

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Gun control should be a really serious issue. In my country, politicians rarely talk about it. They only discuss it if someone goes nuts and shoots lots of people in a school or shopping mall. Gun crime is on the increase everywhere but the governmen

Robots in the Field: Farms Turning to Autonomous Technology

Farmer Jamie Butler is testing a new worker on his farm in Englands Hampshire countryside. Butler hopes the new worker will help the 180-hectare farm produce more wheat and not harm the environment. The laborer does not say a thing while inspecting B

HEALTH REPORT - Centers for Disease Control

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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 16 August 2006 Islamist forces in Somalia continue to expand the territory under their control, taking a key port in central Somalia. The Islamists have also claimed that as many as 100 troops from the interim government have

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New rules are now in effect in California to try to conserve water use. However, state officials are concerned that citizens still may not understand how severe the crisis is. A judge in Afghanistan convicted 4 men of beating a woman to death. The me

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By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 30 August 2006 In an effort to find a solution to increasing sectarian violence in Iraq, some politicians have proposed giving Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds their own semi-autonomous regions. Proponents of the idea, includin

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 30 May 2007 U.S.-led coalition forces have formally handed over the responsibility for security in three northern Iraqi provinces to the autonomous Kurdistan government. The carefully orchestrated handover ceremony emphasized

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2016年CRI China to launch first quantum communication satellite

Quantum communication boasts ultra-high security as a quantum photon can neither be separated nor duplicated. It is hence impossible to wiretap, intercept or crack the information transmitted through it. Anton Zeilinger, an Austrian physicist at the

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CHANGSHA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Pests are posing an increasing challenge for the country's major rice-producing areas amid an important harvest year, according to agricultural officials. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) held a meeting on pest control

2007年VOA标准英语-Sri Lanka's Military Says Last Rebel Bastion in

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 July 2007 Sri Lanka's military says it has captured the last stronghold of Tamil Tiger rebels in the east of the country. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the military is claiming a major victory in its fight

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China has dismissed four officials over a stampede at a mosque in the country's northwest region that left 14 people dead. The Sunday tragedy in Xiji county of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is blamed on poor organization and management. It happen

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