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Domestic jihadist murders U.S. soldier in Little Rock, Arkansas
Private William Long, newly out of basic training was on a short-term assignment as a military recruiter, was shot three times and killed outside the Army-Navy Career Center in Little Rock Arkansas...
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Neda
Neda Agha Soltan, a 27-year-old student of philosophy, became known around the world in a matter of hours through Twitter, Facebook and YouTube because a video captured her death on a street in Tehran...
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Farrah Fawcett, R.I.P.
For so long, she was such an icon of glowing health with her million dollar smile and tousled hair that every girl wanted and so did every guy, that it was shocking to learn that she had cancer. Now...
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Henry Allingham at 113, R.I.P.
The oldest man in the world, Air Mechanic Henry Allingham , British Veteran of World War I died on Saturday aged 113, in his sleep. John Burns writes the most lyrical obit in the New York Times An...
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John Barry, R.I.P.
New York Times John S. Barry, Main Force Behind WD-40, Dies at 84 John S. Barry, an executive who masterminded the spread of WD-40, the petroleum-based lubricant and protectant created for the space...
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Whittaker Chambers , an American writer and editor, was once a Communist party member and Soviet spy. After he renounced communism, he became an outspoken opponent and became most famous or infamous...
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Martyred and Murdered
From TehranBureau Photos and brief bios of some of the people who died in the post-fraudulent election showdown in Iran Martyred and Murdered This is the grave of Neda Agha Soltan shot on the street...
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Leszek Kolakowski, R.I.P.
“We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.” Leszek Kolakowski, Jefferson Lecture 1986 The Economist HIS life was learning—about history, about his...
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Corazon “Cory” Aquino, R.I.P.
London Times Corazon Aquino was propelled into office as President of the Philippines in an extraordinary sequence of events which began with the assassination of her husband and culminated in the...
View ArticleHarry Patch, Britain’s last World War 1 Warrior
John Burns on Britain’s Oldest Warrior He was a 19-year-old private when he was struck by the burst of a German shell over the British trenches in September 1917 and sent home to recover from his...
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