模仿文本：A pessimistic world view does not have to entail a life stripped of joy. Pessimists can have a far greater capacity for appreciation than their opposite numbers for they never really expect things to turn out well. And so they may be a...
模仿文本： They're satanic majesties. The Rolling Stones hit the road once more this weekend to mark 50 years since the band was formed and to make another packet. With Mick Jagger and Keith Richards about to turn 70 next year and with drummer C...
模仿文本： The Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho expects the club supporters to boo him and his team when they take on second tier Alcoyano in the Spanish Cup on Tuesday. They lost to Real Betis at the weekend, leaving them 11 points behind leag...
模仿文本：Despite the evidence pointing towards an Israeli air strike, some have suggested it might have been a misfired Hamas rocket. But at that time, so soon after the launch of Israel's operation, Israel's military says mortars had been laun...
模仿文本： Half of us live in one of the world's great urban sprawls, the concrete and glass habitats we create for ourselves. Our cities have spread and replaced wildlands, and they roar and blaze with the energy from fossil fuels. They're colo...
模仿文本：The poverty I saw in rural Shanxi Province is a huge challenge for the Chinese authorities which say they want to tackle inequality. But China's vast army of rural peasants has been the force that has driven the country's economic tran...
模仿文本： Today Australia has become the first country in the world to introduce unbranded packaging for cigarettes. All the logos and colours of the tobacco companies have to be replaced by plain green packaging and graphic photos of people wi...
模仿文本：I think we haven't seen a petition like this, particularly from writers and poets in Iran who were amongst some of the most oppressed sections of the Iranian society. I suspect the petition itself has got something to do with the fact...
模仿文本： Yeah, it does really seem like a mass-market brand, doesn't it? And we've seen today, of course, that Ford's sales in November rose at 6% on the same period last year. So they are heading in the right direction. But the big challenge...
模仿文本： But first to football, a 3-0 win for Newcastle at home to Wigan has ended a run of four successive Premier League defeats. Demba Ba scored his ninth and tenth English Premier League goals of the season while substitute Gael Bigirimana...
模仿文本：So it seems not everyone is sure but do mathematicians agree of whether zero is odd or even? The debate is settled among mathematicians. Mathematicians are agreed that zero is an even number? Zero is an even number, and it will pass ev...
模仿文本： But first, over the last few days, the streets of Cairo have once again been a scene of mass protests. Some have marched in support of the new president, Mohammed Morsi, while others oppose his recent move to take new powers. There ar...
模仿文本：As the proportion of senior citizens rises in many societies in the West and in Asia, it's not just a negative story for the economy about the rising cost of care, there are also positive opportunities for business to sell goods and se...
模仿文本： Every one of us are deeply saddened. We are incredibly sad for the family. And that's the focus. Prank calls as a craft in radio have been going for decades and decades. And, you know, no one could reasonably have foreseen what ended...
模仿文本：Hundreds were killed and injured as Misuratans tried to break the siege by government forces. Those fighters who died were hailed as martyrs, and those who survived as heroes. And some of those wounded survivors have surprisingly found...
