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Soviet fall and Arab Spring
Twenty years ago, tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets of Moscow, just as Egyptians, Tunisians and Syrians have this year — rejecting the old order, demanding freedom and democracy. That August, the Russian democrats prevailed because...Tags: George Bush, Moscow (Russia), ABC (tv network), Coup d'Etat, Radio
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Pope helped inspire his homeland to fight communism
Associated PressBERLIN - Karol Wojtyla became a priest in 1946, just as the Iron Curtain descended across Europe. The inspiration he provided as Pope John Paul II helped to tear it down. Lech Walesa, founder of the Solidarity movement that toppled communism in Poland in...Tags: John Paul II, Germany, Warsaw (Poland), Sociology, Civil Rights
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Memorable quotes
- "I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Breen." When someone tried to turn off his microphone at a Reagan-sponsored debate during 1980 New Hampshire primaries. - "We have to move ahead, but we are not going to leave anyone behind." Republican National...Tags: Heads of State, Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan, Republican National Conventions, Protestantism
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Reagan was his rival, friend, Gorbachev says
Associated PressMOSCOW - When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the Soviet Union an "evil empire," some saw it as political theater, a Cold Warrior's script. Yet former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said yesterday that the American president was sincere - an honest...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Death, Russia, History
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A nation pays its respects
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The somber traditions of a nation in mourning suffused Ronald Reagan's last journey yesterday as his flag-draped casket traveled from California to the nation's capital for a cortege through the city and an elaborate funeral at the Capitol,...Tags: Nancy Reagan, Executive Branch, Tony Blair, Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan
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Unexpected allies put end to Cold War
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- Among the crush of foreign dignitaries paying final respects to Ronald Reagan at the National Cathedral today will be one man -- recognizable by his intense gaze, easy grin and the rose-colored birthmark on his forehead -- who shares...Tags: Europe, Nancy Reagan, Georgetown, Forehead, Moscow (Russia)
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Final farewells to 'historic leader'
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- A weeklong ritual of national mourning and remembrance concludes today when President Bush and other world leaders offer final farewells to Ronald Reagan at a ceremony at Washington's National Cathedral, before the former president's remains...Tags: Heads of State, Nancy Reagan, New York City, George Bush, Abraham Lincoln
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Veteran warns of Afghan fight
MOSCOW - Dmitri Popov was standing guard over a Soviet Army camp in the cold, rugged mountains of northeast Afghanistan one night when he spotted a boy with a metal rod approaching. Twice before, he says, children had surprised sleeping sentries in...Tags: Landforms, Metal and Mineral, Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency, Society
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Mathias may be out of the Senate, but not out of world affairs
The Associated PressRetired U.S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias Jr. says he'll never forget where he was when the Persian Gulf war began."I was meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on Jan. 15," Mr. Matthias said. "I offered to leave him so he could tend to [the] business...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), White House, Maryland, Elections, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Mikhail Gorbachev death rumor spreads on Twitter
KIAHDid you hear former Soviet Statesman, Mikhail Gorbachev, died? Well, he didn't! If you use Twitter as your primary news source, you may've thought he had. The Gorbachev death rumor showed up on Prime Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt's, Twitter feed....Tags: Twitter, Inc., Fredrik Reinfeldt, Government, Social Media
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Weaker Putin returning to presidency
The Washington PostMOSCOW -- Striding through the Kremlin's gold-encrusted doors and applauded by the modern nobility, Vladimir Putin returns to the Russian presidency Monday in the throne room of the czars, now a dangerously weakened autocrat. The protests of December...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Moscow (Russia), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, University of Oxford, Elections
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Vladimir Putin, Russia's new czar guy
He’s back: Vladimir Putin was inaugurated Monday to his third term as president of Russia. One thing about the Russians -- they like their strongmen. First the czars, then Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev and that lovable bear of a guy, Brezhnev. OK,...
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