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| Sri Lanka's war The Economist (blog) It marked the government's definitive victory in a bloody 26-year civil war—one, moreover, that analysts, including this newspaper, had for years argued could never be won. Yet in the end victory was so complete that peace already seems permanent. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Life in a War Zone: Montgomery County during the Civil War Washington Post Heritage Montgomery present a 60-minute documentary film on the history of the Civil War in Montgomery County, complete with historic and contemporary images of local heritage sites, video of Civil War re-enactors, and panoramas of unchanged rural ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Will the War Powers Resolution Die On Friday? Fox News By KT McFarland The War Powers Resolution will most likely die this Friday. Who will kill it? Barack Obama, probably the only president who could get away with it. "Only Nixon Could Go to China" has become a catch-phrase that means only someone from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hungarian war crimes suspect, aged 97, declared fit for trial Monsters and Critics.com Budapest - The prosecution of the 97-year-old Hungarian Sandor Kepiro for alleged Nazi-era war crimes resumed on Thursday after psychiatrists declared him fit to stand trial. The hearing was adjourned earlier this month amid concerns over the former ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mahmoud Abbas's formula for war Washington Post It was, as the Times put it in a separate news story, "a declaration of war on the status quo." Abbas's new strategy is radically different: The UN vote, he wrote, will "pave the way for us to pursue claims against Israel at the United Nations, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Naper Settlement goes back to 1860s for Civil War Days Chicago Sun-Times By Annie Alleman For Sun-Times Media May 18, 2011 04:54PM Civil Wars Days will be from 10 am to 4 pm May 21 to 22 at the Naper Settlement in Naperville. This year's event is even more special because it is the 150th anniversary of the start of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Freedom riders made Civil War complete in '60s Staunton News Leader This summer marks the 150th anniversary of Manassas, the first major battle of the Civil War. It is also the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, a major battle in the Civil Rights movement. As the nation commemorates the sesquicentennial of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fundraiser To Raise Money For Gulf War Memorial KAKE A new war memorial will soon be placed at Veterans Memorial Park near downtown Wichita. The memorial, honoring soldiers of recent wars, will join those honoring and remembering past wars. "Veterans Park is an open book, a learning session, it's history ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China Huffington Post (blog) In short, the hawks and the representatives of the military-industrial complex who are hyping the Chinese threat to justify record military budgets are fighting the wrong war, to the detriment of our security, which is ultimately based on the strength ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Movies for Grownups: The war to end all wars on film Kansas City Star By BILL NEWCOTT, ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR The last combat veteran of World War I, 110-year-old Claude "Chuckles" Choules, died a couple of weeks ago in Australia. With him passes the only first-hand memory of what it was like to don a helmet and go to war ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Defense Budget Review May Question Two-War Strategy, Secretary Gates Says Bloomberg Gates, in opening remarks to reporters at a Pentagon press conference, said the review may include changing basic tenets of Pentagon planning, including the core assumption that the military must be prepared to fight two major regional wars ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Civil War Days festival includes music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Poughkeepsie Journal The Ashokan Center in Ulster County this weekend will host Civil War Days, a look back in history. Husband-and-wife team Molly Mason and Jay Ungar are scheduled to perform during the event. Courtesy photo / Courtesy photo Admission and times: ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NBA Playoffs: Heat win war of attrition, get split in Chicago ProBasketballTalk The final box score makes it look like the Heat evened up the Eastern Conference Finals with relative ease. Miami won by 10 points, the Bulls shot only 34% from the floor, and Derrick Rose shot 7-23 from the floor while LeBron James and Dwyane Wade ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Visitors to Conner Prairie can time travel to Civil War Indianapolis Star Khabir Shareef believes that, although the Civil War divided the US in the 1860s, it is the reason why this country is strong and unified today. Shareef is one of many people proud to teach today's generations about the war by re-enacting characters, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Area 51 as Cold-War Espionage: Believable or Conspiracy Theory? TIME These events are described in her book, Area 51, An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, and are intertwined with an informative account of Cold War spy planes, weaponry and espionage. The revelations emerged following a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Home Show, Civil War Re-Enactment, farmers markets and more Fond du Lac Reporter A Civil War Re-Enactment will be held from 10 am to 5 pm Saturday, May 21, and 10 am to 4 pm Sunday, May 22, at Galloway House, 336 Old Pioneer Road. See infantry drills, cannon demonstrations and battle re-enactments. A flag presentation will be held ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sebastian Junger reflects on the Afghan war and the death of a friend Kansas City Star Now, Junger's book "War" (Twelve Publishers, $15.99), newly out in paperback this week, chronicles in gritty detail their year with the soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. While covering the conflict in Libya in April, Hetherington, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| West Hartford and World War II West Hartford News What was it like to live in West Hartford during the war years of 1941-1945? What were the prevailing attitudes? What kept the hopes and spirits of this town alive during that trying time in our history? So much has been remembered and now you will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World War II vets set to take part in Flight of Honor Lexington Dispatch By Darrick Ignasiak More than 100 World War II veterans, including 11 from Davidson County, will visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, Wednesday as part of the 10th Triad Flight of Honor. Flight Director Mike Shaw said 102 veterans will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Page: It's an un-common culture war Alexandria Town Talk How delighted the Chicago-based rapper Common must be to find that someone still views him as controversial. But, ah, these also are politically polarized times. All that Grammy-winning Common, previously known as Common Sense and originally as Lonnie ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Civil War Trust pays homage to 2 in Virginia for their preservation prowess Washington Post The trust's outgoing chairman, John L. Nau III, said the two have been critical in protecting and promoting the state's significant Civil War sites. Clark was named superintendent of Manassas National Battlefield in 2008. The trust said he's been a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| As Banks Rally, the NRF Escalates the Debit Card Interchange Lobbying War Digital Transactions With bank opposition to the Durbin Amendment growing, the National Retail Federation on Wednesday launched what it calls a major, 60-day advocacy campaign to "preserve swipe-fee reform" for debit cards. The multipronged effort, according to an NRF news ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Gears of War board game looks mint Computerandvideogames.com But board games are still alive, and this could be a genuinely fun one: Gears of War. Epic's third-person action game has made the crossover to the board game world, with a new four-player co-operative game from the chaps at Fantasy Flight Games. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| E3 2011's Most Anticipated: Gears Of War 3 Computerandvideogames.com Tonight, North Carolina is rocking to the sound of Gears of War 3's multiplayer. We get the feeling that nearby residents of Epic Games' secluded studio are somewhat used to it. Sandwiched between a quiet hotel, a sleepy cinema and sparse residential ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Redistricting Tug-Of-War Continues, Democrats Pull Ahead MyNews4 And Goicochea says while he hopes to sit down and discuss the plan, "honestly, the differences in maps are so great." If there is no winner in this redistricting tug-of-war, a judge will have to make the final decision. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The cost of war is paid at home Modesto Bee But when someone with local ties loses his or her life, suddenly a war half a world away hits home. That happened again this week when we learned that a Marine who had grown up in Modesto had died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Veteran Donkey Survives War, Celebrates Homecoming KPTM-TV "He will literally be a touch point for people coming back from war. They can actually touch somebody that was over there and understands what it was like," said Faltin. Smoke joins about 30 other therapy animals at the Miracle Hills Ranch and Stables, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The First Woman In Congress: A Crusader For Peace NPR She served two terms, each time voting against US entrance into a world war. It was the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and Americans were afraid. At around noon, people in 81 percent of American households huddled around their radios and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 7th NC re-enactors hold recruitment drive Saturday New Bern Sun Journal A local Civil War re-enactment group plans a recruitment drive Saturday to mark the occasion. The 7th North Carolina invites anyone who wants to become a re-enactor to meet in the Askin community, midway between Bridgeton and Vanceboro, off of US 17. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 6th Victorian Festival centers on Civil War era Romeo Observer With 2011 marking the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the Civil War, festival planners have turned to the role Romeo played during the War Between the States for this year's theme. One of the key features is a free lecture from Saginaw resident ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Locals to honor war dead Gilroy Dispatch It is known that even before the end of the Civil War, organized groups in the South were decorating graves of fallen Confederate soldiers (hence the original name, "Decoration Day"). In 1868, US General John Logan issued an official order to place ... See all stories on this topic » |
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