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1. Four American instructors from Cornell College in Iowa, United States are wounded in a stabbing attack at a park in Jilin City, China.
   2024-06-11 07:48:30 (First version)
2. Four American instructors from Cornell College in Iowa, United States, are wounded in a stabbing attack at a park in Jilin City, China.
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