Guy Fawkes Day. Beginners. November 5th is an important day in England. It is called Guy Fawkes Day. We have fireworks and big bonfires every year to celebrate parliament in our country. Guy Fawkes was a criminal. He tried to blow up the government a

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 February 2006 Lockheed Martin executive, second right, explains the working of surveillance aircraft Hawkeye 2000 to Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, du

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By Deborah Tate Washington 11 January 2007 A day after President Bush announced a revised strategy for the Iraq war, a plan that includes an additional 21,000 troops for the country, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came under hostile questi

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By Michael Drudge London 16 March 2006 Legal experts are eagerly awaiting the outcome of a British lawsuit accusing the publisher of

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By Jim Malone Washington 04 April 2006 Video image provided by Rep. Tom DeLay's office shows DeLay announcing his intention to resign from Congress Texas Congressman Tom DeLay, once one of the most po

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By Peta Thornycroft Johannesburg 07 October 2006 Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a new land law that allows eviction of remaining white farmers. This is the latest chapter in a six-year controversial land-redistribution program. Only a few hundred

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 April 2007 U.S. lawmakers are urging the Bush administration to reconsider proposed budgetary reductions that would end most radio broadcasting in the English language by government-funded Voice of America. VOA's Dan R

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By Dan Robinson Washington 21 July 2006 A dispute between the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration over a plan to sell F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan spilled into the open Thursday during a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. Some lawmake

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 September 2006 Democratic lawmakers in Congress are reacting to President Bush's appointment of a special envoy for Sudan, calling it a long overdue step that could help avert further bloodshed in Darfur. --- The pres

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 May 2007 Legislation that would step up pressure on Iran's government has been advanced by two committees in the U.S. House of Representatives. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. Approved by the committees o

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By Douglas Bakshian Manila 27 February 2006 Philippines legislator Maria Imelda (Imee) Marcos is joining opposition voices calling on President Gloria Arroyo to end the state of emergency. Marcos - th

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By Dan Robinson Washington 17 March 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf U.S. lawmakers say visiting Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has told them her government has formally asked Nigeria to turn over

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 June 2006 Several U.S. lawmakers are working behind the scenes to try to forge a compromise between very different plans for immigration reform passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. --------- The Hous

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U.S. lawmakers are describing as disturbing a report from the Government Accountability Office that says the Defense Department has been unable to account for tens of thousands of weapons supplied to Afghanistan's security forces. There are also con

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Republicans and Democrats in Congress are reacting to President Barack Obama's speech, in which he warned Americans that the economy faces a dire day of reckoning, but one the country can recover from. President Barack Obama addresses a joint sessio

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By Deborah Tate Washington 17 January 2007 watch Leta Hong Fincher's report From left, US Senators Hagel, Biden and Levin A group of U.S. senators has drafted a resolution opposing President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq. Among them i

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 May 2006 A key congressional Democrat says the Bush administration's nuclear accord with India lacks the support necessary to pass the U.S. Congress, and is offering a

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 July 2006 Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to put forward conflicting assessments of the situation in Iraq. Lawmakers also considered a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office re

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By Joseph Mok Washington, DC 18 October 2006 watch Chickasaw Nation As indigenous people, Native Americans are distinctive in American society with their own language, culture, and history. But that has not stopped many Native Americans from embraci

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 January 2007 The new director-general of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, warns the threat of an influenza pandemic has not receded. She urges countries around the world to prepare for a pandemic that has the p

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