By Steve Herman New Delhi 06 June 2008 At least 21 people died and more than 50 were wounded when a blast tore through a suburban Colombo commuter bus during the Friday morning rush hour. An explosion on another bus in central Sri Lanka later in the...
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...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 05 May 2008 Burmese state media say it is now believed that as many as 10,000 people are dead and thousands more missing after Tropical Cyclone Nargis ripped through parts of the country, destroying homes, bringing down power...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 November 2007 A powerful cyclone has battered Bangladesh, causing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands. Local media reports say as many as 1,100 people were killed. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, officia...
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[00:18.56]City Of The Dead [00:24.48]死亡城 [00:37.99]After enjoying the whole thing I left the graveyard [00:41.73]to return home to the flat [00:44.19]but as I was exiting the cemetery [00:46.75]I felt something come with me, [00:49.21]a heavy kind...
[00:18.45]City Of The Dead [00:24.40]死亡城 [00:33.17]A few years ago when I was 18, [00:36.41]I was dating a girl from Edinburgh. [00:39.44]Now this place has quite a lot of history [00:42.33]so ghost tours are common but one stands out [00:45.92]as...
[00:25.66]Photo of the dead [00:30.90]死亡照片 [00:37.60]As I rode home in the gathering darkness, [00:41.21]I thought about all the faces I had seen in the curled [00:44.35]and yellowed photographs of the people buried [00:46.81]in the lonely, aband...
[00:25.62]Photo of the dead [00:30.94]死亡照片 [00:36.97]A white marble cross that marked their graves [00:39.64]had been broken off at the base, [00:42.25]perhaps by vandals or a lightning bolt, [00:45.83]and had fallen on the ground at the head of...
[00:25.64]Photo of the dead [00:30.93]死亡照片 [00:39.36]In Greece, people aren't always buried. [00:44.36]The bodies of the deceased [00:46.12]are usually laid to rest inside marble tombs [00:49.44]above ground with lids [00:51.52]that can be easily...