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54 US-bound migrants detained at Costa Rican coast

Sep. 13, 2009
Costa Rican authorities detained 54 U.S.-bound migrants from Africa and Nepal after their boat arrived on the Central American country's coast, officials said Sunday. Authorities were treating some of the migrants for dehydration after several days at sea and...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic