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There was a booming in the distance. Jack opened his eyes and caught his breath. Is that cannonfire? he wondered. Are we still back in the Civil War? We're home, said Annie. Home, sweet home.Oh, man, Jack whispered. They were home. They were back in
By Kari Barber Goma 02 January 2008 Much effort is made to stop the recruitment of child soldiers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but aid agencies say thousands of children still fight on the front lines of the rebel war. United Nations offi
By Paige Kollock Washington, DC 05 July 2006 watch report Victim of War In Northern Uganda, a civil war has been underway for 19 years between government and the Lord's Resistance Army, led by a man named Joseph Kony. More than 100 people each day d
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 19 December 2006 The past year has been a particularly troubled time in Lebanon. The country wrestled with political instability following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, and the subsequen
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is sixty years old. On April fourth, nineteen forty-nine, twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington. They were allies from World War Two.
A study of 13 countries found that more than 5 million people were killed, most of them in Vietnam. Also, the latest estimates of the world's refugees. Transcript of radio broadcast: 20 June 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A new stu
AS IT IS - A special place that honors thousands of soldiers from World War 2 Hello from Washington. Im Jim Tedder. Today we are off to the Philippines to hear about a special place that honors thousands of soldiers from World War 2. Then we travel t
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UN, Camps in Iraq Prepare for New Wave of War Victims IRBIL, IRAQ U.N. and camp officials in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region are already preparing for another wave of Iraqis displaced by war to flood into the area as the conflict against Islamic ext
By Barry Wood Tirana, Albania 26 September 2006 US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, listens to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic as they hold a joint news conference U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Tuesday with Mont
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 May 2008 Americans are marking the Memorial Day holiday weekend - a time set aside to honor the nation's war dead. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, in Washington, this is also a time for the roar of motorcycle engines - as
Many analysts are now calling the fighting in Afghanistan, 'President Obama's War'. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera spoke with three former senior US government officials about the Afghan conflict. Andr de Nesnera
'War of 1812' Flag Still Inspires After 200 Years This is a really big year at Fort McHenry, a star-shaped fortification overlooking the harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore and a few other places are commemorating the 200th anniversary of the st
Syrians Work to Restore Services Amid War At this makeshift gas station along the roadside in northern Syria, fuel sells for about $2 a liter. It is one of the precious resources the Free Syrian Army is helping to secure. The FSA is organizing Local
US Prepares for 'Forgotten War' Bicentennial The cannons firing today at Fort McHenry in the U.S. state of Maryland, are for the benefit of tourists. But that wasnt the case nearly 200 years ago, when more than a dozen British ships bombarded the for
'For Greater Glory' Dramatizes Mexican War In 1926, the newly-elected president of Mexico banned religious activities, with special focus on the country's most widespread faith: Roman Catholicism. As soldiers shut churches and arrested priests, oppos
South Korea's military is very different from the one that needed help after the 1950 surprise attack that began the Korean War. South Korea and its ally, the United States, are preparing for a change that gives Seoul direct command of its own forces
S. Korean Media: North Korea Aired Unauthorized Recording of World Cup Opener The Demilitarized Zone, at the 38th parallel, is the four-kilometer buffer separating North and South Korea. The recent sinking of South Korean warship, the Cheonan, in the
A boy passes in front of a sign illustrating the reasons behind the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Liberia, outside the commission headquarters in the capital, Monrovia, 30 May 2007 An official with the Sierra Leone Truth and R
Drug War in Mexico Raises Human Rights Concerns The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concluding a weeklong visit to Mexico, where she expressed concern over abuse of citizens by police and soldiers fighting organized crime gro