BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 100th birth anniversary of former Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Huang Hua was marked Friday in Beijing. A veteran diplomat, Huang led negotiations with the United States on the establishment of diplomatic relation...
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A grand gathering was held Monday to mark the 30th founding anniversary of the China National Children's Center. Chinese President Hu Jintao said in a congratulatory letter to the center that the facility has made special...
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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...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 24 April 2006 watch Chernobyl Anniversary On April 26, 1986, a massive explosion tore through Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the most devastat...
By Paula Wolfson White House 19 March 2006 Three years to the day after the start of the Iraq War, President Bush is hailing progress in that country on the political front, and praising the work of c...
THIS IS AMERICA - Fiftieth Anniversary of Ruling Against Racial Separation in Schools By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Monday, May 17, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special Engl...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - September 6, 2002: Sept. 11 Anniversary Observances / Music from Bruce Springsteen's ''The Rising'' HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (T...
THIS IS AMERICA -February 11, 2002: VOA's 60th Anniversary By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: February Twenty-Fourth marks the sixtieth anniversary of the first broadcast on the Voice of America. This year,...
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