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US Embassy returns to historic Berlin address
Associated Press WriterThe U.S. Embassy in Germany returned to the site it occupied before World War II, marking the occasion Friday with a ribbon cutting by former President Bush and Ambassador William Timken. The former president and Chancellor Angela Merkel planned to speak...Tags: Government, National Government, Parliament, George Bush, Fourth of July
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Independence Day in Africa a time to take stock of America
Today I will be celebrating the Fourth of July in a different context than ever before. In Rwanda, July 4 is a holiday that commemorates the liberation of the country from the genocidal regime that murdered 1 million Tutsis and tens of thousands of Hutu...Tags: Kennedy Airport, United Nations, Statue of Liberty, Democracy, International Relations
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UN appeals court acquits Bosnian Muslim war hero
Associated Press WriterA U.N. appeals court on Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country for fighting Serbs in the embattled Srebrenica enclave during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Oric, 41, was convicted...Tags: Trials, War Crimes, International Court or Tribunal, International Law, Genocide
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Slow, painful task: identifying Guatemalan dead
Guatemala's 36-year civil war cost some 200,000 lives, mostly of Mayan Indians caught between government forces and rebels. Twelve years after peace was signed, forensic anthropologists are still hunting for the missing. So far they have found 6,500...Tags: State Budgets, Wars and Interventions, Anthropology
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'Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement' by Harper Barnes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 4, 2008 As you read St. Louis journalist Harper Barnes' new history, "Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement," it's hard not to zero in on the cold reality that this is a single nation of multiple histories. And...Tags: Book, NAACP, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, History
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UN appeals court acquits Bosnian Muslim
Associated Press WriterA U.N. appeals court on Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country for fighting Serbs in the embattled Srebrenica enclave during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Oric, 41, was convicted...Tags: Trials, International Court or Tribunal, War Crimes, International Law, Genocide
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McCain's poor pastor choice
The pilgrim is making little progress. In a futile effort to convince faith-voters that he is one of them, John McCain paid a visit to the Grahams of North Carolina –– father Billy and son Franklin. After the meeting, not a word was said about...Tags: Franklin Graham, Islam, Billy Graham, George Bush, Richard Nixon
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Ex-Peru spymaster: Fujimori innocent in spy case
A former Peruvian spymaster whose misdeeds contributed to the collapse of Alberto Fujimori's government eight years ago told a top court Monday that the ex-president had nothing to do with two death-squad massacres he is accused of authorizing. The...Tags: Government, Espionage and Intelligence, Trials, Alberto K Fujimori, Wars and Interventions
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Grueling history lessons hit hard
Special to the Chicago TribuneIn an effort to improve state-mandated Holocaust education, 17 middle and high school teachers hit the books this week for an intensive—and emotionally draining—seminar at Northwestern University. The free test program drew educators from...Tags: John Muir, Skokie, Teaching and Learning, Wilmette, Evanston
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Grueling history lessons hit hard
Special to the Chicago TribuneIn an effort to improve state-mandated Holocaust education, 17 middle and high school teachers hit the books this week for an intensive—and emotionally draining—seminar at Northwestern University. The free test program drew educators from...Tags: John Muir, Skokie, Teaching and Learning, Wilmette, Evanston
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