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No more Costa Concordias
As the 100th anniversary the RMS Titanic disaster approaches, the Costa Concordia grounding is a stark reminder that going to sea remains dangerous. A modern cruise ship sailing a routine route capsized in a matter of minutes in beautiful weather, leaving...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Cruise Line Ports, Petroleum Industry, Sailing, Cruises
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Pinwheels spin for peace at Western Tech in Catonsville
Visitors and students at Western School of Technology and Environmental Science were greeted by an unusual sight at the county magnet high school on Kenwood Avenue Wednesday morning. Nine students spent their first period arranging several hundred...Tags: Baltimore County, United Nations, Catonsville, University of Maryland, College Park
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A U.S. veto of Palestinian statehood would uphold international law
I disagree with Ariel Ilan Roth's op-ed "U.S. is Wrong on Palestine" (Sept. 21). I will make a purely legal argument why the U.S. should veto Palestine's unilateral attempt for statehood in the United Nations. The following information is from the...Tags: Documentary (genre), Diplomacy, Israel, Civil Rights, Palestinian Liberation Organization
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Campus security: There's an app for that
With a tap on his smartphone, University of Maryland student Shiv Krishnamoorthy can instantly alert police as he walks through the dimly lit corners of the College Park campus — and share with them his precise location, plus live video and audio....Tags: Computer Crime, Corporate Officers, Telecommunication Service, Cell Phones, File Sharing
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Greivis Vasquez: NBA player, sports diplomat
Former Maryland Terrapin guard Greivis Vasquez, who is now a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, is in his native Venezuela this week as part of a U.S. State Department "sports diplomacy" program that hopes to use athletes to improve international relations,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Darvin Ham, Basketball, Greivis Vasquez, Memphis Grizzlies
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Bike rush was great part of parade, dark images were not
For the third year running, I rode with my daughter on July 4 in the bicycle rush in the Towson Fourth of July Parade. Neighbors and unknown spectators cheered as she passed them. My heart swelled as these people encouraged her, telling her that not...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Folklore and Mythology, Defense, Constitutional Issues, Armed Forces
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Lincoln Gordon
Abraham Lincoln Gordon, a former educator and diplomat who during his tenure as the ninth president of the Johns Hopkins University led the way in 1970 in bringing co-education to the university's Homewood campus, died Saturday in his sleep at...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Diplomacy, NBC (tv network), World War II (1939-1945), Robert Gordon
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Newsletters revisit ownership stake
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhen music companies began howling about the illicit pleasure of file-swapping networks like Napster Inc., Kazaa, and Gnutella.com, many in the newsletter industry yawned. The publishers of the short, tightly edited missives with need-to-know information...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), North Palm Beach, Diplomacy, Business, Judges
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U.S. is 'not safe' from terror
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - In a broad indictment of America's intelligence, law enforcement and defense agencies, the commission that reviewed the Sept. 11 attacks concluded that the failure to detect, stop or even delay the attacks reflected government breakdowns at...Tags: Al-Qaeda, John McCain, Diplomacy, Finance, Central Intelligence Agency
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More Iraqis hidden from Red Cross, Army finds
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Army investigators told Congress yesterday that a far greater number of Iraqi detainees at Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib prison - ranging from two dozen to as many as 100 - were hidden from the International Red Cross at the behest of the...Tags: Al-Qaeda, John McCain, Diplomacy, Skin Cancer Foundation, U.S. Military
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President finds unity in shift of priorities
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - George W. Bush was, perhaps appropriately, in a Florida classroom when he learned that America was under attack. In that instant, Bush was transformed. From education president to counter-terrorist president. From head of a sharply divided...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Diplomacy, Stanford University, Gerald Ford, Defense
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Bush sets U.N. deadline
Sun National StaffLAJES, Azores Islands -- Setting the stage for war, President Bush issued a bold ultimatum to the United Nations yesterday, saying that it must act today to authorize military action against Iraq or Bush would shut the door on diplomacy. "Tomorrow is a...Tags: Diplomacy, France, Executive Branch, Germany, U.S. Military
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