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Through the efforts of the Iraqi armed forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, ISIS has been defeated in Iraq, and nearly so in Syria. Its self-proclaimed capitals have fallen and its false caliphate is no more.

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Egypt's Ex-President Mubarak Ordered under House Arrest

Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak has been ordered to be released on bail but is still under house arrest. On the same day, the EU decided to restrict weapons export to Egypt. CRI's Cao Yuwei has more. Egypt's deputy military chief has ordered f

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英语语法：200 When to Use “Nor”

Today were going to get a bit negative by looking at the various times you can use the word nor. Nor with Neither Everybody knows that neither and nor are bosom buddies. They require balance. A nor usually follows a neither when they're used in the s

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As has been the case in previous years, human rights conditions in Zimbabwe remain deeply troubling, according to the recently-issued State Department Country Reports On Human Rights Practices. In 2016, the government of President Robert Mugabe conti

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 March 2006 Nigeria's long-delayed head count has started rather sluggishly. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA that logistical problems could be a major challenge to what au

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Good morning, Ben. 本，早上好。 Hi, Alex. How was your weekend? 嗨，阿莱克斯。周末过得怎么样？ It was great! What about yours? 很棒！你呢？ My weekend was good, too. I found the perfect birthday gift for my dad! 我的周末也

Shelter-in-place ordered after fire at NASA

HOUSTON, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A shelter-in-place was ordered after a battery caught fire during a testing at NASA's Johnson Space Center Monday morning. A battery was being tested inside a containment system when it got overheated and caught fire at a

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Lindsay Lohan ordered to be sent to jail for 30 days

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FREETOWN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon on Friday assured the government and people of Sierra Leone of the UN commitment in helping Sierra Leone's fight against the Ebola disease. Addressing a press conference during his a

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1 He came to China to hold a talk about the commission for his new business. 他来中国是洽谈有关生意中的佣金问题。 2 What about the commission? 佣金是多少？ 3 Usually a 1% commission is given to our agent. 一般情况下，我们

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Sculley briefly noted that in that role, Jobs would play the part of global visionary. 斯卡利简要提到，乔布斯将在这个职位上发挥全球架构师的作用， But he didn't acknowledge Jobs's presence. 说到这里时，他依旧无视乔

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A young knight therefore was asked to swear that he would be faithful as a servant to God and as a servant to his King. 因此，一个年轻骑士起誓，他将永远做上帝忠实的仆人，同时也将终其一生忠心耿耿侍奉他的国王。

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1. 最后的晚餐中的13门徒 Some Christian traditions have it that at the Last SupperJudas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table. 传说耶稣遇难前和弟子们共进了一次晚餐。参加晚餐的第13个人是耶

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How then? The baleen, hump, back-fin, and teeth; these are things whose peculiarities are indiscriminately dispersed among all sorts of whales, without any regard to what may be the nature of their structure in other and more essential particulars. 那