What are ‘Fayo’, ‘Shasta’, ‘Zuberfizz’ and ‘Dog n Suds’?

Brands of root beer.

Thanks to one Charles Elmer Hires, who invented the sickly sweet soft drink 152 years ago today, sarsaparilla-loving Americans can also drink A-Treat, Snapple, Tommyknockers, Grandpa Graf's, Triple XXX, Snapple, Blumers, Frostop, Goose Island and Vess/

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Haiti

Situated in western Europe, France is the largest central European state, with a total area of 547,020 square km including the Mediterranean island of Corsica and 10 overseas regions. The major interior hill ranges, located in the north-east and west, are the Armorican Massif, the Ardennes, the Vosges and the Massif Central (high point 1886 m). The country is bounded south-east by the Jura Mountains and the Alps (at 4807 m Mont Blanc is Europe?s ... More >>

Coming up on Dateline:

Forgotten Soldiers

Coming up on Dateline, the hidden cost of America's war on terror.

Tens of thousands of US soldiers are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

They say they've been abandoned by the Bush Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs, claiming that government officials are actively trying to cover up the extent of America's traumatised soldiers.

For many vets, this means not enough help is being offered and their lives are plagued by anxiety and mental health issues. But for some, the results are even more tragic.

Dateline video journalist Nick Lazaredes meets the widow of an Afghanistan veteran who was severely depressed by his recall to fight in Iraq. He was killed in a police shootout on Christmas Day, his death dubbed 'police-assisted suicide'.

As Dateline reveals, his story is not an isolated one.

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The Deciders- Part 2

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