Americans are pausing Monday to honor the country's war dead, as the United States observes its annual Memorial day.

星期一是美国的阵亡将士纪念日。美国民众在全国各地以各种方式纪念为国捐躯的阵亡将士。

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The cemetery started as a burial ground for American Civil War dead.

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What is certain is that the response has already far exceeded that following other humanitarian crises including some in which the loss of life has exceeded the 150, 000 now thought to have been killed, such as Congo's war (perhaps 3m dead), or matched it, such as Bangladesh's cyclone in 1991 (140, 000 dead).

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Mr Sarkozy said there would be a national day of remembrance for France's war dead in the coming days as he marked Mr Ponticelli's death.

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There was warm applause from the crowd as the parade marched past the war memorial, inscribed to The Glorious Dead.

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