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150 years ago today, one of England's most famous composers was born. Sir Edward Elgar was the son of a piano tuner and was largely self-taught. His music, stirring, patriotic and emotional captured the spirit of England. It has endured as music we
By Amanda Cassandra New York 31 August 2006 Construction on a memorial and museum at the site of the World Trade Center is under way in New York, as the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches. ----- World Trade Cent
University Plans To Demolish Ronald Reagans Chicago Apartment Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan spent much of his life in California, but residents in the Midwestern state of Illinois note proudly that he was born and raised there. He spent a brief
Civil War Re-enactors Honor Ancestors Who Forged Modern America GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA The echo of the American Civil War of the 1860s still resonates in the United States. The descendants of those who made history come together every year to remem
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Two parliaments, one country, and this yet no deal. Scotland may have voted no to independence, but it did so on a promise. We said that we would bring forward to command people which would summarize the views of the three parties that want to X the
By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 25 May 2006 Egyptian pro-reform judges stand in front the Supreme Court house during an anti-government protest in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 25, 2006 At least 300 pro-reform judges in Egypt stood in silent protes
By Chris Mitchell Washington 12 April 2006 Watch Earthquake report The city of San Francisco is preparing to mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most devastating natural disasters ever to strike
The United States Postal Service has issued a new stamp to commemorate the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. It was designed by a graphic artist from Hawaii. As Heidi Chang reports, Clarence Lee may not be a household name, but his stamps are recognize
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 22 January 2006 Swiss Guards in their blue-yellow bloomered dress uniforms attend a special mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006 Pope Benedict t
By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 November 2009 Former Czech President Vaclav Havel (background center) attends a group of people lighting candles and laying flowers as they commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague, Czech Republic
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hailed the British offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province a success. But that call is getting a mixed reception as the British public grows weary of the country's involvement there. British Prime Minister Gordon
Iraqi forces officially assumed control of Baghdad and other cites across the country, following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from urban areas. Iraqi Honor Guards perform Tuesday 30 June 2009, as they mark the day they took control of securi
Poverty, Ignorance, Fear Force Underage Girls Into Marriage 贫困无知迫使女孩早婚 WASHINGTON The recent marriage of a 17-year old Chechen girl to a local police chief who was 30 years older and already had a wife caused an outcry in Russia a
African Americans Recall 1960s Fight for Voting Rights 非洲裔美国人纪念20世纪60年代争取投票权 BIRMINGHAM U.S. President Barack Obama and thousands of people will gather in the small southern U.S. city of Selma, Alabama, Saturday, Mar
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2006 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II died in 2005, but he nearly lost his life in an assassination attempt on this date 25 years ago. On Saturday in Rome the sho
Montreal and other Canadian cities are holding memorials on the weekend, six decades after the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima and killed 140,000 people. Montreal, which twinned with the Japanese city in 1998, began with a peace ceremony in its b
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2007 Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have staged rallies in Rome to commemorate Family Day. At issue is proposed legislation that would grant greater rights to unmarried couples including homosexuals. Sabina
By Suzanne Chislett London 11 October 2006 watch Chislett report The forgotten role that black South Africans played in World War I is finally being told. Almost 90 years after the sinking of a ship carrying black South African troops, the story has
Iraq's political leaders struck a hopeful tone as they marked five years since the killing of prominent Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim and dozens of others in a car bombing in the holy city of Najaf in 2003. VOA's Suzanne Presto re