German police have detained two American soldiers over a fire in a town hall in western Germany which investigators believe was arson, a U. S. military spokesman said.

德国警方因德国西部一处镇公所失火而羁押了两名美国士兵，调查人员相信这场火警是纵火，一名美军发言人说。

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U. S. Army General David Petraeus says progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan will be slower than during the surge of American forces in Iraq two years ago.

美国陆军彼得雷乌斯上将说，和两年前美军向伊拉克增兵相比，打击阿富汗反叛分子的进展会较为缓慢。

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Furor surrounding a NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers has prompted very different assessments of future U. S. -Pakistani ties from two high-ranking American senators.

北约空袭造成24名巴基斯坦军人死亡的事件在巴基斯坦引发众怒；这也促使两名美国高阶国会参议员对今后的美巴关系作出非常不同的评估。

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In nineteen seventy-two this last book won the American book industry's highest prize, The National Book Award.

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In nineteen forty-two, Mister Oppenheimer joined the American government's project to develop the atomic bomb.

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But this was not always the case. Visitors to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History can see two exhibits dealing with the early years of the AIDS crisis.

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Then there's the problem of buying a vehicle produced by either of the two American auto companies that took U.S. government bailouts.

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However, while Woods is good friends with O'Meara, a man almost 20 years his senior, they were never really on-course rivals despite the older American's two major triumphs in 1998 -- a year of highs that he never repeated.

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Greenberg is best known for driving in 183 runs in 1937 (one short of Lou Gehrig's American League record), hitting 58 home runs in 1938 (two short of Babe Ruth's record) and twice winning the American League's Most Valuable Player award while playing for the Detroit Tigers.

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