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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Among the many movies opening for the holidays is one with a new take on an old story. The Man Who Invented Christmas starring Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer is about Charles Dickens and the creation of A Christmas Carol. It
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Charles Dickens. One of the best and most read English authors. I havent read any Charles Dickens books, so I dont know. I always kind of perceived them as being quite long and boring and too much detail. Long, boring and too much detail? Shame on hi
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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 December 2006 Nigeria's main opposition party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, has selected a former military ruler, General Muhammadu Buhari, as its representative in next year's presidential ballot. The selection came b
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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 22 June 2006 A new film called That Game of Chess is the story of an Indian immigrant who pursues his dreams in the United States. Filmmaker Viresh Sinha is an immigrant who hopes his first venture into cinema opens do
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Charles Dickens wrote his seminal Christmas story, A Christmas Carol, more than 150 years ago. But even today Dickens and his work remain in the public eye, as a new film version of his story is released. Jennifer Glasse | London 19 December 2009 One
Remembering Hazel Dickens Trailblazing bluegrass and folk singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens recently died at the age of 76. Dickens was a performer whose childhood in a West Virginia coal mining town led her to become a labor activist and inspired a li
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By David Byrd Washington 12 January 2006 Ralph Green was only 15 years old when his life changed forever. While walking with a friend in New York City's Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood, Green was shot
By Parke Brewer Turin 09 February 2006 Five-time Olympian Chris Witty will carry the flag for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday night's opening ceremonies for the Turin Winter Games. Christine Witty Lon
China announces geographic codes for Diaoyu Islands The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Saturday released a string of geographic coordinates of the Diaoyu Island and some of its affiliated islets, in a new move to affirm China's sovereignty. Th
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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Colin Lowther. Voice 2 And Im Anne Muir. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It was evening at the workhouse
A Tale of Dickens 狄更斯记 Charles Dickens, second of eight children, was born in Portsea, England, in 1812 during the new industrial age. Dickenss father was at the time a clerk in the navy pay office. He was well paid but often ended in financi