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Biking Through History - The Civil War Northern Campaign on a Bike
I arrived nearly 150 years too late for the Battle of Antietam. The signs of war however were still evident across the Maryland landscape. Burnside Bridge still crosses Antietam... Grieving Relatives Seek Closure as University Massacre Victims are Reburied i...
July 18, 2008, Lima, Peru: The remains of nine students and a professor who were murdered in 1992 at La Cantuta University were reunited with their families in Lima this week, bringing a symbolic conclusion to one... "Ace Preston Captures History" by Tré
""Over the years, international photographer and journalist, Ace Preston has compiled one of the most diverse portfolio's, I have been privileged to see. Ranging from captivating photos of Bruce Springsteen to...Ex-Child Soldier's Memoir Called Into Question
It's all about how you present your story.This spring I read Dave Eggers' heartbreaking book "What is the What", which recounts the powerful and tragic experience of Valentino Achak Deng, who was a child refugee...The Wars of Black America - Opinion
The International Institute of Nonviolence By: Rev. Jermano http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mar...Luther_King,_Jr.On several occasions Martin Luther King Jr. expressed a view that black Americans, as well as other... Origins of Mother's Day - a Cry for Peace!
The ancient Greeks celebrated Mother's Day, for Rhea, mother of the Gods, with spectacular feasting, music and dancing. And, in the 1600s, England celebrated "Mothering Sunday" -allowing servants to return home to be... Watch List on Children and Armed Conflict - Sri Lanka report
April 14, 2008, New York- There is virtually no safety for children in Sri Lanka as the brutal armed conflict there escalates. Every day the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), the Government armed forces, and... A Second Korean War Looms
What does one do with a naughty child who keeps taunting and smacking other children? Well, smacking their hand back seems appropriate, since it is a punishment that fits the crime.At the moment, North Korea is... Somalia Cries For its Dying Children
OPINION PIECE:Why is there so much publicity about Dharfur (and rightly so!) yet we hear so little about events happening in Somalia these days? They are certainly both experiencing the same horrors.Does it... Endangered pygmy hippo found in Liberia - see the photos
The endangered pygmy hippo has surprised conservationists and has been caught in photographic traps set up by a team from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in Liberia. Gorilla Warfare: Fighting Dirty in DR Congo
Update: the Congolese rebels holed up in Virunga National Park have stepped up their threat, moving from gorilla to human. Also, the rebels have created their own cottage industry of taking tourists into the jungle... Civil war looms in Lebanon
A civil war in Lebanon, where Iran through Syria has played an alleged role in funding and supporting Hizbullah, is libel to disrupt the region even further. "As street clashes between rival political factions in Beirut fuel fears of a new civil war, many Lebanese have...Bill Kristol on Ron Paul: He's a crackpot
"Video: America's favorite neocon commentator takes a crack at America's favorite quasi-Libertarian presidential candidate. Hey, might as well - everyone else is ripping Paul, as they always do when anyone gets too big for his britches. Kristol is particularly...Ivory Coast: "The war is over"
" The war in Côte d'Ivoire is over. That was the declaration of President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel leader turned Prime Minister Guillaume Soro as Gbagbo set foot in former rebel territory for the first time since...In between Iraq and a hard case
From a piece I wrote in the winter regarding the impending Iraq "surge". No one wants to accept failure in Iraq, but we have to decide when the pursuit of improbable objectives is more costly than pullout ...
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