THIS IS AMERICA - Six Men, a World War, a Pacific Island and an Image for All Time STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember with Barbara Klein. This Monday is Memorial Day in the United States. The holiday honor

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North Korea has returned to the United States more than 55 sets of human remains. The remains are believed to be of Americans killed during the Korean War in North Korea. A special ceremony was held at Osan Airbase in South Korea to mark the return.

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By Michael Kitchen At the opening of a two-day national conference on illegal drugs, President Hamid Karzai likened opium cultivation to the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan during the 1980s.

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《Civil War》是美国硬摇滚乐队枪炮与玫瑰的一首单曲,首次收录于1990年的群星慈善专辑《Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal》。这是一首反战歌曲,指出一切战争皆为内战,战争唯独喂肥了富人,却

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Cold War Films Reflected Shifting US Attitudes In 1946 speech, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill coined the term Iron Curtain to describe the physical and symbolic wall separating East and West across Europe. Churchill's speech signaled the be

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In the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, many families have been battered by war, rape, poverty and a lack of education. However, a humanitarian group says theres a way to help families not only deal with the issues, but rise above them. The east

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New film highlights unique relationship, PTSD, mental illness David Byrd | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 The U.S. military uses dogs to help troops on sentry duty and bomb-sniffing patrols. But dogs are also proving their worth off the field of battle b

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Honoring US Civil War Dead As the U.S. commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, a new project is underway to honor the more than 620-thousand soldiers who died in the conflict. Its called the Living Legacy Project. Cate Magennis Wyatt sai

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President Bush is campaigning his way toward New York City and this week's Republican National Convention, where he will be re-nominated to run for another four years in office. Mr. Bush spoke to the nation's largest veterans' group, The American Leg

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Any trade war hurts the people of both the economies. The costs of goods go up. The cost of living goes up. Inflation usually is driven when cost is rise, and that of course hurts people. So there's nothing to be gained by actually promoting increase

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I think it (trade war) will hurt both countries, and there would be collateral damage, Im sure, in other markets. So a trade war, basically, everybody loses. William Zarit, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. Last month, U.S. Presi

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China's Commerce Minister has said that China does not want to be in a trade war with the United States, but it is ready to respond to any challenges in trade and defend its national interests. On the sidelines of the ongoing session of the National

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - President Grant: The Civil War General Faced Battles of Politics and Government By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, July 28, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Native American Indians Go to War to Protect Their Lands By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, September 08, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in S

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Monday was observed as Memorial Day, a day to pause and reflect on the many who have died serving in the military. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden attended services to honor the dead. Some of those who died gave their lives not fo

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All you sailors old or young come light the guns on everyone. We'll take the ship and go to sea Crush the north in '53 Fought upon a broken shore With 20 thousand men or more. We're the riflemen of war. All you sailors old or young come light the gun

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Infrastructure to support U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan is already strained, posing challenges to the troop surge announced by President Obama David Axe | Bagram, Afghanistan 01 December 2009 Scene at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan You just don'

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So who's winning in the US-China trade war? A short answer isit depends. Soybean Brazil may not have won the FIFA World Cup, but it's a winner in the soybean trade. Brazil now produces over half of China's soybean purchases, while US soybean sales to

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By Noel King Masisi 16 October 2007 Humanitarian officials warn a crisis in eastern Congo's war-torn North Kivu Province is deepening with each passing day. A new eruption of fighting between rebels and the Congolese army has sent thousands of civili

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Today, May the 3rd, marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, better known as the Tokyo Trials. To honor the occasion, China released a series of books, related to the transcripts of the proc

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