National Mall Construction to Affect July 4 Celebrations Construction on National Mall If you are one of the 25 million tourists visiting the National Mall this year, you can't help but notice that it's going through changes. National Park Service in

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Everglades National Park One of the Worlds Great Biological Wonders From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. And Im Shirley Griffith. This week, we tell about Everglades Nation

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 31 January 2006 Every year on the first Thursday in February, 3,000 people from around the world gather in Washington for the National Prayer Breakfast. Among them are h

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By Deborah Block Washington, D.C. 20 June 2007 The National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. works to protect historic sites in the United States. Each year the private group identifies America's most endangered places. This year t

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 24 March 2006 watch National Guard report National Guard swearing-in The ability of the U.S. Military to sustain an all-volunteer force has been tested by the war in Ira

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By Zuli Palacio Washington, D.C. 13 June 2006 Watch Exhibit Report World Cup live broadcasts are part of the exhibit To celebrate the popularity of football, or soccer as it is called in the United States, and to coincide with the World Cup, the Nat

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January 1 New Year's Day (新年) 15 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday 19 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Observed February 12 Lincoln's Birthday 14 Valentine's Day (情人节) 16 President's Day 22 Washington's Birthday 25 Ash Wednesday Marc

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At least 18 people were killed as India's voters cast ballots in the first part of a five-stage election in the world's largest democracy. More than 2.5 million security officers were on duty in the 15 Indian states and two territories where balloti

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National Day of Service Honors Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. Stephanie Garlick is fighting hunger. She's volunteering at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, doing what she can to help the less fortunate. There is so much depression

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US Experts Call for Debate on National Security, Civil Liberties The controversy has caused outrage - with critics claiming there is too much government overreach, that it goes too far and is too intrusive. Frank Sesno, director of the George Washing

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 18 May 2006 US Border Patrol vehicle rides along border fence separating Nogales, Arizona, right, with Nogales, Mexico The U.S. military says National Guard troops who will be de

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Of course, it's Memorial Day weekend. And throughout today's show, we're hearing from various people on what patriotism means to them. David French, a former major in the U.S. Army Reserve and now a staff writer with National Revie

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: President Trump has started filling in the details about his plan to send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump says he would like to see 2,000 to 4,000 Guard troops sent to back up the U.S. Border Patrol. Now,

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order tomorrow that could end up shrinking or even abolishing altogether some protected national monuments on federal public land. These monuments were designated by president

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Making Art Off The Grid: A Monthlong Residency At A Remote National Park play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:50repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update yo

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Opinion: 'National Enquirer' Publisher's CEO Could Testify About Trump And UFOs SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The reports that David Pecker, head of the company that publishes National Enquirer, received immunity to testify about those payoffs Michael Cohen han

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 September 2006 The song that was India's anti-colonial rallying cry, which is 100 years old next Thursday, is at the center of a religious controversy. Muslim leaders are objecting to the song being sung in all school

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Palestinians have bidden an emotional farewell to a national and cultural icon. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Palestinian relatives and officials gather around the coffin of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who gave a voic

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 07 September 2006 India has observed the centenary of its national song despite the divisions the celebrations have caused between Hindu nationalists and Muslims, many of whom refuse to sing the song. ------- Bollywood a

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By Scott Stearns Washington 07 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush has kicked-off the official start of the holiday season in the nation's capital by lighting America's national Christmas tree. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has th

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