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Jackson eclipsed in the age of Obama
Chicago Tribune correspondentIn this periodic series, the Tribune examines the nation’s enduring struggles over race. For most of Jesse Jackson's life, his trademark declaration — "I am somebody!" — has been self-evident. But not so much anymore. The rise of...Tags: Schools, National Government, Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1831: Former slave Nat Turner led a violent insurrection in Virginia. (He was later executed.) 1878: The American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y. 1944: The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks...Tags: Dwight David Eisenhower, Hawaii, Ku Klux Klan, Virginia
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Russians still occupying parts of Georgia
SACHKHERE, Georgia - Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia yesterday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised. Georgian soldiers suggested the Russians were trying to provoke them and justify a...Tags: National Government, Government, Dmitry Medvedev
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On this date: Aug. 21
1878: American Bar Association was formed. 1950: The United Nations moved to permanent facilities in New York. 1988: More than 1,000 killed in earthquake in Bihar, India, the Himalayan region and Nepal. Sources: The Associated Press, 440.comTags: New York
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Third ship hijacked in a day off Somalia
An official says pirates have seized a German ship off the coast of Somalia, the third hijacking in a day. Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau says the German-operated cargo ship was seized today in the Gulf of Aden off the Somalian coast.... -
Russia Ends Cooperation with NATO
Associated PressBURSSELS, Belgium -- Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia. Alliance spokeswoman Carmen Romero said NATO had received notification...Tags: Vladimir Putin, National Government, Bombings, Wars and Interventions, Weaponry
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On Aug. 21, 1680, Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico after driving out the Spanish. In 1858 senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held the first of their seven famous debates. In 1944 the United States,...Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Dwight David Eisenhower, Abraham Lincoln, Hawaii, National Government
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Russia plans to stay in Georgia
Tribune NewspapersMOSCOW — Russia plans to establish a long-term presence inside Georgia and one of its breakaway republics by adding 18 checkpoints, including at least eight within undisputed Georgian territory outside the pro-Russian enclave of South Ossetia, a...Tags: Armed Conflicts, National Government, Diplomacy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Armed Forces
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Russia to keep soldiers in Georgia
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersRussia plans to establish a long-term presence in Georgia and one of its breakaway republics by adding 18 checkpoints, including at least eight within undisputed Georgian territory outside the pro-Russian enclave of South Ossetia, a ranking Russian...Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Armed Conflicts, National Government, Diplomacy, George Bush
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Ohio congresswoman had a brain hemorrhage
Associated PressDemocratic Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died yesterday after suffering a brain hemorrhage a day earlier, a hospital spokeswoman said. Ms. Tubbs Jones, 58, died of a...Tags: Dennis Kucinich, International Military Interventions, Ohio, Medical Conditions, National Government
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War of choice
After Sept. 11, 2001, America had a clear agenda: go into Afghanistan and eliminate al-Qaida and the Taliban, help establish a stable government and come home. Instead, by choice, we invaded Iraq, and five years later we find ourselves bogged down as...Tags: Guerrilla Activity
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'Surge' didn't work, war won't be won
THREE ITEMS ATTRACTED MY attention in Tuesday's Sun. First, I read the list of 22 members of the U.S. armed forces recently killed in Iraq ("Killed in Iraq," Aug. 19). The total U.S. military dead in the Iraq war is now at least 4,143. Then I read The...Tags: Larry Smith, Guerrilla Activity, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Death and Dying
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