The Oldie

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I was shaving before going to work that glistening morning 20 years ago, when my all-news radio station suddenly broke in to report that a small private plane had crashed into one of the 110-storey World Trade Center towers at the foot of Manhattan.

Beijing Review

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People gather in Buenos Aires on November 26 to pay final respects to soccer icon Diego Maradona. Maradona, regarded as the top footballer of the 1980s and one of the all-time soccer greats, died at the age of 60 of cardiac complications A televised

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - SWAT officers on Tuesday evening swarmed a Riverside elementary school classroom and shot a parent who had taken a teacher hostage, ending an hourslong standoff. The parent, identified as Luvelle Kennon, 27, of Riverside died later at a

Who Do You Think You Are?

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Q My stepfather, Mathew Joseph Dunne (‘Paddy’), was a signaller and served in Burma. He joined a Wiltshire regiment and was attached to an Indian regiment. He was discharged in 1946 from Hohne Camp, Germany. I do not think he applied for medals. How

WHO

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While they are better known for using social media to poke fun at each other, the couple also use their massive public profile to support important causes. On February 27, Lively and Reynolds pledged to match donations, up to the value of US$1 millio

Wild West

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On Jan. 14, 1858, in what became known as the Orsini affair, four exiles from the Italian wars of independence threw improvised explosive devices at the French royal carriage as Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie were en route to the Paris Opera. The b

NPR

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A report says Ukraine placed its forces near noncombatants, putting them in danger. Government officials say they evacuate civilians from combat areas, and that the report depicts "a false reality."

WHO

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Angelina Jolie is a woman on a mission – this time, the actress is in Ukraine meeting with child victims of Russia’s war on the nation. “The purpose of Angelina’s visit is to bear witness to the human impact of the conflict, and to support the civili

New Zealand Listener

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Former Australian journalist Gina Wilkinson takes the reader to a particularly fraught time in history, Baghdad in 2002, when Saddam Hussein was the dictator of Iraq and Western sanctions had cut off the country and its people from the rest of the wo

Los Angeles Times

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BAGHDAD - In 2014, as Islamic State militants were seizing large chunks of Iraqi territory and advancing toward Baghdad, hundreds of thousands of volunteers rose to the capital's defense. They joined the Shiite-dominated militias known in Arabic as t

History of War

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Over the summer and autumn, as its allies dropped out and its own armies were pushed back, Germany’s leaders realised they would have to come to terms. What terms they could get, and who would negotiate them, occupied the final weeks of wartime diplo

Chicago Tribune

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Among the thousands in that sea of blue on Wednesday, Feb. 13, who showed up from police departments across the country for the funeral of Milwaukee Police Officer Matthew Rittner was an Aurora, Ill., cop who knew first-hand what a hero this man - bu

History of War

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Reckoning that America would not have the resolve to wage a protracted and bloody war thousands of miles from home, Japan took a huge gamble by launching its surprise aerial attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. However, the plan was not without

NPR

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Police say nearly 60 people have been injured in what is being treated as a terrorist incident. Witnesses reported frantic efforts by concertgoers to flee after the blast at an Ariana Grande show.

India Today

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On April 15, 2013, 40 PLA soldiers intruded into Indian territory for about 20 km in Daulat Beg Oldie. It led to flag meetings between local commanders; Indian envoy in Beijing involved in de-escalation. Resolution time: Three weeks Hours after pulli

NPR

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Police were serving a search warrant on a house where residents were suspected of selling heroin. Two suspects were found dead after a gun fight.

The Atlantic

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After admitting his ISIS policy wasn’t “complete” earlier this week, President Obama today authorized deployment of 450 advisers to train troops in Iraq. Shifting targets: Just weeks ago, there were hopes that after retaking Saddam Hussein’s hometown

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - A man and a pregnant woman were shot to death Friday on the Far South Side, but doctors were able to save the baby, Chicago police said. The baby was listed in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to p

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - A parent has taken a teacher hostage and is barricaded inside Castle View Elementary School in Riverside, school district officials said Tuesday. The district was notified about the situation just after 11:20 a.m., Riverside Unified spo

PLAY

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The famous historical battle has played host to many tense Conquest matches. There are plenty of places to dig in, leading to some excitingly up close-and-personal skirmishes. Part of the Western Desert Campaign in Egypt, this is a big desert map, n

Retro Gamer

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APRIL 2003 – This month may only bring a trickle of interesting games, but you’ll find showers of important news stories wherever you turn. Nick Thorpe ditches the umbrella and soaks up that moist, juicy gossip… The war in Iraq raged on this month, w

Yachting World

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Olaf Harken who, together with his elder brother Peter, co-founded the famous marine hardware, winch and rope-handling business bearing their name, died on 21 October, aged 80. Olaf Harken was born of Dutch and Swedish parents in Indonesia at the beg

NPR

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The shots set off a panicked stampede at a gathering to honor the NBA champs. None of the injuries was life threatening and police quickly apprehended three suspects.

Los Angeles Times

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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday he canceled a U.S. missile strike against three Iranian targets "10 minutes before" it was set to launch because he was told the raid could have led to 150 deaths in Iran. "We were cocked & loaded to re

NPR

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More than two dozen protesters in Iraq have been killed since Wednesday, and the worst violence has been in the country's south. It's a growing display of anger over Iran's role in Iraqi politics.

Sunday Independent

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AUSTRALIAN police announced on Friday that two men had been charged with allegedly running a “terrorist network”, which helped locals to travel to Syria to join violent extremist groups. The men, aged 34 and 31, were arrested in the states of Queensl

NPR

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After a three-and-a-half year fight, Haider al-Abadi announced Saturday Iraqi forces had retaken the group's final stronghold along the Syrian border.

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THE election commission in Chad is expected to announce provisional results on April 25, following a presidential election in which incumbent Idriss Déby is widely expected to extend his 30-year rule, according to broadcaster Al Jazeera. Election off

Futurity

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On Friday morning, January 3, the United States killed Major General Qassim Suleimani, a top Iranian commander, and several Iran-backed militia leaders, with a drone strike to their convoy at Baghdad International Airport. The strike capped a week of

TIME

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IT WAS THE LAST THURSDAY IN SEPTEMBER when 22-year-old social-media icon Tara Fares was gunned down in Baghdad. It was a Thursday in August when a well-known beautician was found dead in her home, and the Thursday before that when a plastic surgeon n