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2012 World News: Syria
As Casualties Mount, No End in Sight in Syria's Civil War by Beth Rowen Bashar AssadRelated Links Syria Country Profile 2012 Year in…Unknown Soldier, Tomb of the
(Encyclopedia) Unknown Soldier, Tomb of the, form of memorial to a nation's war dead, adopted by many countries after World War I. The Tomb of the Unknowns, a memorial to the American dead of World…reparations
(Encyclopedia) reparations, payments or other compensation offered as an indemnity for loss or damage. Although the term is used to cover payments made to Holocaust survivors and to Japanese…Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, May 5, 2016, is a day of remembrance for six million Jews who perished during the Holocaust by Gerry Brown The motto "Work Makes Free" is inscribed in the gates of the first Nazi…Fischer, Fritz
(Encyclopedia) Fischer, Fritz, 1908–99, German historian. Appointed professor at the Univ. of Hamburg in 1948 (emeritus after 1973), he became famous as the result of his book Griff nach der…Significant Ongoing Armed Conflicts, 2007
Main warring parties Year began1 Middle East U.S. and UK vs. Iraq 2003 Israel vs. Palestinians…Top 10 Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007
Once a year the international medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) releases a list of ten stories that received little…1000–1099 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
Mesa VerdeCliff Dwellings(c. 1000–1300)Pete MaioCathedral and Tower at PisaTasha Vincentc. 1000–1300Classic Pueblo period of Anasazi culture; cliff dwellings.c. 1000Hungary and Scandinavia…Understanding the Turkey-Kurd Conflict
by Elissa Haney This article was first posted on March 2, 1999. Boys from a Kurdish family herd sheep in Suleymaniya, in northern Iraq. Between 1974 and 1991, Iraq's army evicted…Largest Military Expenditures, 2012
Military expenditure in US dollars, at current prices and exchange rates Rank Country Spending level($ billions) Change from 2011…Trending
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