How student journalists broke the story of the ‘Cornell 7’
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How student journalists broke the story of the ‘Cornell 7’

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 29, 202659 min

Two years after an alleged gang rape on Cornell University campus, prosecutors are reopening the investigation — and the new attention is largely thanks to reporting by student journalists. Former Canadian spies and security officials want Parliamentarians to get to the bottom of what really happened to diplomats plagued with "Havana Syndrome" and whether Ottawa did enough to help them. An American ban on some Canadian imports is now in effect — and the CEO of Moosehead beer says being at loggerheads with the U.S. is bad for lager heads. <b...

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Hello everyone, I'm Sianan Maldonado, who is a artist who has been working for a long time in Paris. While I'm shopping, I'm also interested in the best of the best of the best in the world

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to help others in the world. I'm not sure that I'm going to be able to find a place where I can find it. I'm very happy to be here with you today, because I'm very happy to be here with you,

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and I'm very happy to be here with you. I'm also very happy to be here with you, I'm Chris Howden.

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