Transcript of the Prime Minister's Broadcast on the NHS Plan Friday 28 July 2000 The creation of the National Health Service back in 1948 lifted a massive worry from people's lives. For the first time, health care did not depend on wealth. Need, not

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA -October 27, 2002: Alan Shepard By Avi Arditti VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Each week we te

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Sridevi Wins Bollywood Award for Final Film Before Her Death This is What's Trending Today... 这里是今日时事热点。 Bollywood actor Sridevi was among Indian film performers honored at the International Indian Film Academy Awards, or IIFA. 宝莱

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I need some sunshine on my face To help me dry my eyes I need a blue sky over here So I can clear my mind Maybe your soft breath on my back To make me feel at ease Anything more than what I've got On this rainy day in June It's a rainy day in June T

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 23 August 2006 An upcoming film called the Gridiron Gang takes viewers behind the walls of a juvenile prison to highlight the role of sports in providing direction for troubled youth. The movie was based on a documenta

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By Patricia Nunan Trincomalee 29 June 2006 As Sri Lanka threatens to slide back into all-out civil war, much talk is focused on paramilitaries - armed groups accused of carrying out attacks on civilians. Both the government and the Tamil Tiger separ

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Voters, including Tamils displaced by the civil war, decided whether to extend the tenure of the incumbent president or replace him with his former top military chief. Steve Herman | Colombo 25 January 2010 Policeman giving instruction to voters at p

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Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels, on the verge of total military defeat, have declared a cease-fire. But the military immediately rejected it, saying surrender to Sri Lankan forces is the only option. The development comes as the top U.N. humanitarian offic

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The defeat of the Tamil Tigers and the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the rebel group's leader, seemed to deepen the sense of confusion felt by many in Sri Lanka's Tamil population. What's next for them? Sri Lankans celebrate the military victory

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'The Story Of A Brief Marriage' Provides Intimate Look At Sri Lanka's Civil War play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0005:30repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or up

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i wish i could back up and start all over cause now i'd know better the best way to love her the words i would tell her the time i would give her i wish i could back up and start all over time takes you places you never knew you'd be goin' it soften

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 03 January 2008 The government of Sri Lanka says it is withdrawing from a cease-fire agreement with Tamil rebels because the pact has become meaningless. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi the withdrawal is largely sy

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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China and Switzerland(瑞士) formally launched bilateral talks on a free trade agreement Friday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chinese Commerce Minister Cheng Deming said the agreement talks between Ch

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Continuous torrential rain has caused severe damage to villages in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Heavy rainfall triggered two massive landslides, leaving at least 37 dead and more than 200 families missing. The Sri Lankan Red Cross and the Disaster

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A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk looks on as others sit on a protest outside the United Nation's office in Colombo, 7 July 2010 In Sri Lanka, there is continuing friction between the government and the United Nations over alleged human rights abuses during

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 November 2009 Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming

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The government of Sri Lanka says it is withdrawing from a cease-fire agreement with Tamil rebels because the pact has become meaningless. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi the withdrawal is largely symbolic because the Norwegian-brokered truce c

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Edwin: So, what about Sri Lankan food? What are some of the good dishes in Sri Lanka? Buddhi: What we eat every day, almost every day, is rice and curry, so lunch is usually rice and curry. Curry will be usually spicy, and we eat lots of veggies, so

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Prayers resound through Lanzhou every Friday afternoon as local Muslims gather for congregational prayer, or as Muslim people call it, Jumu'ah. During Jumu'ah, Muslims from around the city often come to Xiguan Mosque, the largest mosque in Lanzhou an

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next, we have the backstory of Sriracha. The fiery chili sauce concocted by David Tran has conquered the American market, we're told. Tran came to the United States as a refugee from Vietnam. But the original Sriracha is actually

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