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A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'	25.5.2013	NPR: All Things Considered
In 2003, Richard Rubin set out to talk to every American veteran of World War I he could find. With help from the French, he tracked down dozens of centenarian vets and recorded their stories in a new book called The Last of the Doughboys.
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As Syrian war shuts down trade routes, Turkish business improvises	25.5.2013	Washington Post: World
The Nissos Rodos, a 630-foot ferry, used to cruise the Greek islands, moving tourists from one sunny paradise to the next. Business dried up when the Greek economic crisis hit three years ago. But then came the war in Syria, creating new opportunity. ...
Will my grandkids fight our forever war?	25.5.2013	CNN: Top Stories
Will Bunch says many kids seeing their parents come home from Afghanistan weren't even born when the war started. Al Qaeda and bin Laden have been taken care of: Why are we still there?
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30 Things You Didn't Know About Return of the Jedi	25.5.2013	Wired Top Stories
30 Things You Didn't Know About Return of the Jedi
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Column: What war on the press?	25.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
By Jack Shafer (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has declared war on the press, say writers at Slate, the Daily Beast, Reason, the Washington Post (Jennifer Rubin, Dana Milbank and Leonard Downie Jr.), Commentary, National Journal (Ron Fournier), the New York Times editorial page, CBS News, Fox News (Roger Ailes) and even Techdirt. Scores of other scribes and commentators have filed similar dispatches about this or that federal prosecution "chilling" the press and pulping the First Amendment. ... ...
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Cockpit of the West	24.5.2013	Wall St. Journal: Opinion
The ceaseless efforts by European nations to dominate their rivals shaped the modern world. Jeffrey Collins reviews Brendan Simms's "Europe."
‘The Guns at Last Light,’ by Rick Atkinson	24.5.2013	NY Times: Books
‘The Guns at Last Light,’ by Rick Atkinson
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Justice Postponed in Guatemala	24.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Lauren Carasik Graffiti stating “Wanted murderer,” depicting Efraín Ríos Montt on a wall in zona 2, Guatemala City. (Photo: Wikimedia) In a conviction that initially reassured observers around the world, former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt, was found guilty on May 10 of genocide and crimes against humanity. He was the first head of state held to account for such atrocities in a national tribunal. read ...
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Re-enactors bring to life the First Minnesota’s pivotal role in Battle of Gettysburg	24.5.2013	MinnPost
“I would have ordered that regiment in if I had known that every man would be killed. It had to be done.” — Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock Fifteen minutes. Just a quarter of an hour tells the tale of the First Minnesota at Gettysburg and how 252 average citizens held off nearly 1,500 charging Confederate soldiers to preserve the precarious Union position in a battle generally regarded as the turning point of the Civil War. The overwhelming odds and horrific casualties from a three-year-old state eager to show its loyalty to a country on the brink of self-destruction continue to fascinate 150 years later. This year, the First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment, a Fort Snelling-based group of Civil War re-enactors, is celebrating 40 years of honoring the memories of their fellow Minnesoans who gave the ultimate sacrifice 150 years ago. Historical time-traveling “It’s like getting into a time bubble and experiencing some of what these men must have been going through on a daily basis,” says Arn ...
Taking Note: G.O.P. Reaction to Obama's Counter-Terrorism Speech	24.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Taking Note: G.O.P. Reaction to Obama's Counter-Terrorism Speech
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Opinionator \| Disunion: The Hoosier Yell	24.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Opinionator \| Disunion: The Hoosier Yell
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Another Memorial Day in This Endless War	24.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
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Justice Postponed in Guatemala	24.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Lauren Carasik Graffiti stating “Wanted murderer,” depicting Efraín Ríos Montt on a wall in zona 2, Guatemala City. (Photo: Wikimedia) In a conviction that initially reassured observers around the world, former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt, was found guilty on May 10 of genocide and crimes against humanity. He was the first head of state held to account for such atrocities in a national tribunal. read ...
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Headlines for May 24, 2013	24.5.2013	Democracy Now!
Report: Obama Speech Appears To Expand Who Could Be Targeted By Drones, CodePink Founder Medea Benjamin Repeatedly Interrupts Obama Speech, U.S. Special Operations Command Prepares To Launch Eight Satellites, Holder OK'd Seizing Personal Emails From Fox News Reporter, AntiWar.com Website Sues FBI Over Agency Monitoring, Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Scouts; Gay Adult Leaders Still Barred, Lois Lerner of IRS Placed on Administrative Leave, Billionaire Backer of Obama Penny Pritzker Set to Become Commerce Secretary, Citigroup Lobbyists Help Write House Bill to Deregulate Trading, Wall Street Attempt to Use Trade Deals to Gut Dodd-Frank Act, In Farm Bill Debate, Congress Considers Drastic Food Stamp Program Cuts, Jailed Pussy Riot Begins Hunger Strike in Russia, Honor Student Expelled For Science Experiment Receives Space Academy Scholarship, Salvadoran President Meets Pope Urging Sainthood For Slain Archbishop, Coalition of Immokalee Workers Rally Outside Wendy's Shareholder Meeting
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Obama talks drones: Will it increase transparency for Pentagon to take lead?	24.5.2013	MinnPost
In his widely anticipated foreign-policy speech Thursday, President Obama rejected the wisdom of a global “war on terror” and warned, in the words of President James Madison, that “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” Continual warfare has been the plight of the United States since 2001 – and for much of the past decade, the US government has used drones to prosecute its wars. Some of these wars are well known to the American public – Iraq and Afghanistan, for example. Others are secret wars, waged out of the public eye in places like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The secret wars have been prosecuted largely using drones and under the auspices of the Central Intelligence Agency. Critics have long argued, however, that the American public should have greater knowledge and oversight of these wars. “Covert operations have their place, but what we’re doing with drone strikes is really a part of war – and it should be treated as such,” says Mark Jacobson, ...
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This Week in the Civil War	24.5.2013	Star Tribune: Nation

This Week in the Civil War	24.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 26: Fighting for control of the lower Mississippi River.
This Week in the Civil War	24.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 26: Fighting for control of the lower Mississippi River.
Bush's war on terror is over	24.5.2013	CNN: Top Stories
Despite dramatic terrorist incidents, the terror threat that led to 9/11 has been defeated, and Obama is right to say the U.S. should move on, says Peter Bergen.
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A new response in the war on terror	24.5.2013	LA Times: Opinion
President Obama's speech on drone strikes and Guantanamo suggests movement in the right direction. President Obama's speech on drone strikes and Guantanamo suggests movement in the right direction.
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