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American Legion Calls Stalin Bust Inappropriate
ABC - WHSV TV 3 - Harrisonburg VA, 4 hours 13 minutes ago / The American Legion says displaying a bust of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial is inappropriate and insensitive.
By Any Means Possible—The American Civil War of 2010
Canada Freepress, Sep 01, 2010 / Like a paragraph plucked from the pages of some fictional book written to frighten American readers into never leaving their houses again.
N.J. ignores voting integrity issues
Gloucester County Times on nj.com - Woodbury NJ, Aug 30, 2010 / It's peculiar that this kind of a statement from a high-ranking federal official would cause barely a ripple in the news cycle because it speaks to the vulnerability of nearly everything in our lives.
Soviet role in war questioned
The Straits Times - Singapore, Aug 14, 2010 / AS THE United States dropped its atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, 1.6 million Soviet troops launched a surprise attack on the Japanese army occupying eastern Asia.
'Statue Of Limitations: A Russian-Georgian War Over Stalin' -- Kirchick In 'The New Republic'
RFE/RFL Newsline Russia, Aug 13, 2010 / RFE's James Kirchick discusses the evolution of the Russia-Georgia war into an ideological and historical brawl over Stalin's legacy.
Statue of Limitations A Russian-Georgian war over Stalin -- Kirchick in 'The New Republic'
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Aug 12, 2010 / RFE's James Kirchick discusses the evolution of the Russia-Georgia war into an ideological and historical brawl over Stalin's legacy.
Workers retrieve 10 bodies from sinking ship
Perth News, Aug 09, 2010 / Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964 ARC Identifier 23995 / Local Identifier 111-ADC-10233 RUSSIAN SCENES, 1916 - 1925? Summary: MOSCOW: Stalin and aides, at 16th Communist Congress, where they sponsored agricultural revival. Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav M Molotov and others walking in courtyard toward and past camera. MS, Molotov, Stalin, Mikhail Kalinin; others in bg. ON FARM: LS, line of tractors harvesting grain. LS, men and women stacking the cut grain. Workers throwing sheaves into hulling machine. CU, hands scooping up the hulled grain. IN GOVERNMENT OFFICE: Scenes, People's Commissariats of Foreign Affairs: Letvinov, Krestinski, Karakhan, Stomoniakov (fifth man, unidentified.) CU, Letvinov.
Review: Guest violinist supplies emotional heart to Britt opening
Mail Tribune - Medford OR, Aug 08, 2010 / From the very first phrases, Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor came to gorgeous life Friday with the sweet tones of Chee-Yun's Stradivarius.
What is Socialism? Part 2: Marxism
GMR (Ziff Davis), Aug 03, 2010 / The most infamous type of Socialism is arguably Marxism Socialism, though it is the hardest to understand since it has been modified and changed so many times throughout history.
Oliver Stone says Hitler and Stalin weren’t really so bad
What Would Tyler Durden Do, Jul 26, 2010 / Oliver Stone, who looks like Captain Kangaroo now btw, has won 3 Academy Awards and is currently working on a 10-part documentary for Showtime called "Secret History of America".
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Somali MPs killed in suicide bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel
Telegraph - London - UK
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
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Plane crashes in Nepal; foreigners among 14 dead
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
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Cairn Energy narrows loss, sees Greenland promise
MarketWatch
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
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World stock markets fall as economy worries linger
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
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Two British hostages survive bus siege carnage as eight are shot dead by rogue cop
The Daily Mirror - London - UK
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and head of state who served as the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. After the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, Stalin rose to become the leader of the Soviet Union, which he ruled as a dictator.
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