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Tallinn on Edge after Russian-Estonian Riots
A monument to heroism or to occupation, depends on whom you ask. "A tense calm is reported in Estonia's capital, Tallinn, after two nights of clashes between ethnic Russians and police over a Soviet war...
created by Jordan Yerman | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Russia Pissed At Estonia
The question is....why would Estonia care? "Russia reacted furiously on Friday to the removal of a Soviet war monument from Estonia's capital and analysts predicted a long-running "cold war" between the...
created by Leonard Brody | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Tourist site planned at Waco
The site of the 1993 Waco tragedy is being reclaimed by another branch of the Davidian sect. The group wishes to convert the property into an educational centre of sorts (see below). Most interestingly, they want... Google Earth: Making Katrina amends with Darfur?
Google Earth is partnering with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to show Google users the atrocities occurring in Darfur. Satellite images will be used in conjunction with icons showing "destroyed villages,... Muni Wi-Fi Powers Hope at SF Housing Project
A superb story of non-profit, community-powered, scalable networking; the Muni Wi-Fi project aims to close the digital gap between the haves and the have-nots."he Westside Courts is a bleak concrete housing project in the city's Western Addition where violence is closer than...Bataan Memorial Death March reenacts WWII POW strife
Bataan is a region of the Philippines in which battles between American/Philippine forces and Japanese soldiers took place during WWII. After a formal surrender on April 9, 1942, the Japanese found themselves in... Nepal Maoists Mourn Gaur Massacre
The photo included is the most stunning news shot we have received this week at NowPublic: the bodies of 27 Maoists being cremated in Nepal. The photo was uploaded in the last few minutes but I have not yet... Memorial sculpture for slain Dutch filmmaker revealed
This statue is another chapter the ongoing aftermath of Theo Van Gogh's murder nearly three years ago. Van Gogh was a prominent and controversial filmmaker who caught the attention of the Islamic community with a...Woods Event to Pay Tribute to Military
"Earl Woods spent 20 years in the military and did two tours in Vietnam with the Special Forces. Tiger Woods went through training at Fort Bragg a few years ago, and he has made trips to aircraft carriers while in the Middle East for the Dubai Desert Classic. "I remember when...James Brown's body placed in crypt
"Soul legend James Brown's body has been placed in a crypt at his home in Beech Island, S.C., according to a spokesperson for his friend Rev. Al Sharpton. Rachel Noerdlinger said Sharpton presided over a private...Pluto: A Celestial Second Opinion
After Pluto got dissed into nonplanethood, lawmakers from Pluto's discoverer's home county are fighting back!"Seven months after a conclave of scientists downgraded the distant heavenly body to a "dwarf planet," a state representative in New Mexico aims to give the snubbed...
created by Jordan Yerman | 6 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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TRAGIC LOSS OF NAVAL RATING RYAN KEMP UNITES WITH A CHALLENGE
The Family of teenage Naval Rating Ryan Kemp who was tragically killed last September in a motorcycle accident on the A34 at Winchester, whilst on his way back to his ship HMS EDINBURGH, publically vowed to...Gathering of Eagles to protect Vietnam Veterans Wall
I wonder if any of these folks might be a patriotic terrorist? Maybe they can even get Lt. Kerry to re-enact his famous medal ribbon-throwing incident?"Leftist activists who march to the Pentagon next month will discover that their path won't be as clear as it has been in...
created by nukegingrich | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Escaping From the Shadow of the 'Wall'
Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 25 years agoâshe's spent the time since then proving she's no one-hit wonder.Jan. 23, 2007 - Next month, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the most-visited...Germ outbreak reported at L.A. hospital
"A hospital has closed its neonatal and pediatrics intensive care units to new admissions after a potentially fatal bacterium sickened seven children, including an infant who may have died from the infection, officials said. White Memorial Medical Center shut down the...Top Members Today
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