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El conjunto inglés se llevó el título de la Liga de Campeones, tras un duro pulso deportivo en el que se enfrentaron dos estilos e ideologías futbolísticas opuestas.
美国《纽约时报》透露了中国盲人维权人士陈光诚周六(5月19日)出发离京赴美的细节。
وكالة الانباء السورية الرسمية تقول إن التفجير الانتحاري الذي وقع في حي مساكن غازي عياش بمدينة دير الزور شرقي البلاد اسفر عن مقتل 9 اشخاص واصابة 100 بجروح.
باراک اوباما، رئیس جمهوری آمریکا گفت که رهبران گروه هشت نسبت به ادامه روند تحریم ها و اعمال فشار به همراه انجام مذاکرات دیپلماتیک با ایران بر سر برنامه هسته ای این کشور، متعهد هستند.
Inheriting the blues
He is the son of a legendary Malian guitar player, and now musician Vieux Farka Toure has chosen to take his father's desert blues sound in new directions.
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