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Waiting for Truth and Justice in Nepal

Tracy Fehr | Posted 06.17.2013 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Transitional-Justice, Civil War, Human Rights, Conflict, Nepal, Peacebuilding, Widow, Justice, Kathmandu, World News

For the thousands of conflict-affected widows -- such as Sita and Radha -- and their families, amnesty is not an option. The Supreme Court must end the culture of impunity that has so far defined Nepal's post-conflict transition.

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HUGE Civil War Anniversary

The Frederick News-Post, Md. | Ed Waters Jr. | Posted 06.17.2013 | DC

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- A town used to visitors is preparing for its biggest-ever tourism program. Between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors per day are expected...

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ObamaSyria

Jeff Danziger | Posted 06.16.2013 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Obama, Political Cartoon, Civil War, Politics News

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Major Civil War Preservation Project Begins

AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 06.16.2013 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Fort Sumter, Fort Sumter Cannons, Civil War Guns, Civil War, Fort Sumter Guns, Civil War Preservation, Civil War Fort Sumter, Civil War Canons, Politics News

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. -- Preservationists are using computer sensors and other high-tech methods to protect massive iron Civil War guns at a fort in ...

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WATCH: Why You Should Never Talk Politics On Facebook

Posted 06.10.2013 | Comedy

Read More: Facebook Fights, Funny or Die Facebook, Uncivil War, Civil War, Ken Burns, Political Argument, Funny or Die, Facebook, Civil War Facebook, Comedy News

Fact: Talking politics on Facebook is never a good idea. In this new Funny Or Die parody, the tragedy of Facebook political diatribes gets the Ken Bur...

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Is Weird Al Really A Time Traveler?

Posted 06.04.2013 | Comedy

Read More: Weird Al, Cracker Barrel, Civil War, Time Travel, Twitter, Weird Al Yankovic, Weird Al Time Traveler, Weird Al Twitter, Comedy News

We all know Weird Al is basically immortal. How else to you explain the fact that his career has lasted longer than most of the artists he's parodied?...

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Iran-Syria Alliance: Why the United States and Western Allies Should Not Intervene in Syria?

Majid Rafizadeh | Posted 06.03.2013 | World

Read More: Russia, Civil War, World, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Democracy, Iran, United States, Qatar, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Conflict, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Europe, Syria, Uae, World News

Democratization is not a simple process that is achievable overnight. I have several family members who have lost their lives in the battle against the police-state of Syria. Unfortunately, democratization is a messy and bloody process that necessitates sacrifices.

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The NRA and Our Flag

Robert Slayton | Posted 05.28.2013 | Politics

Read More: Civil War, D-Day, Memorial Day, Nra, Confederate States of America, James Porter, War of Northern Aggression, Politics News

Memorial Day started as an honorable idea, to help heal the union, and to honor pain and sacrifice of all soldiers. It was not meant, and should never mean, to honor those who took arms against this nation.

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Who Invented Memorial Day?

Jim Downs | Posted 05.27.2013 | Politics

Read More: Soldiers, Civil War, Memorial Day, Blacks, American History, Suffering, Freedom, Public Health, Memory, Black History, Medicine, African Americans, Politics News

As America recognizes the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclaimation, we would do well to revisit the origins of Memorial Day among freedpeople in Charleston.

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Will You See This Civil War Exhibit?

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 05.13.2013 | DC

RICHMOND, Va. -- Among the swords, the wrenching letters home and the haunting photographs in the Museum of the Confederacy's new exhibit on Gettysbur...

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Did Lung 'Bug' Kill Confederate General?

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.10.2013 | Science

Read More: History, Video, What Killed Stonewall Jackson, Civil War, Pneumonia, Stonewall Jackson Pneumonia, Biology, Health, Stonewall Jackson Death, Battle of Chancellorsville, War Injury, Stonewall Jackson, Science News

Historians and doctors have debated for decades what medical complications caused the death of legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jac...

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After 100 Years On A Shelf In A Funeral Home...

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 05.09.2013 | DC

ARLINGTON, Va. -- For more than 100 years, the cremated remains of two brothers – Civil War soldiers from Indiana – sat on a funeral home ...

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GOP Lawmaker Brings Up Her Unusual Collection During Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

Read More: Robert E. Lee, Video, Jeanine Notter, Civil War, New Hampshire Politics, Battle Flags, Tea Party, Jeanine Notter New Hampshire, New Hampshire Legislature, Civil War History, Politics News

A Republican state legislator in New Hampshire announced during a legislative debate Wednesday that she has a shrine to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee...

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New NRA President Talked 'Fake' President Obama, 'War Of Northern Aggression'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.03.2013 | Politics

The National Rifle Association chose its new president earlier this week, selecting Jim Porter, a 64-year-old Alabama attorney and the organization's ...

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SOLVED: Mystery Of Shooting That Killed Confederate General

Posted 05.09.2013 | Science

Read More: History, Video, Civil War, Astronomy, Stonewall Jacksons Death, Battle of Chancellorsville, Moon, Full Moon, Stonewall Jackson, Lunar Phase, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/01/2013 06:03 PM EDT on SPACE.com Thanks to astronomy, the 19th century mystery surrounding the death of Confede...

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A Brief History of Western 'Jihadists'

Khaled Diab | Posted 06.16.2013 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Jihadists, Jihad, Islam, Ernest Hemingway, Civil War, George Orwell, The West, Europe, Lord Byron, Civil Rights, Syria, Islamists, World News

What the hype over European Muslims fighting in Syria overlooks is that Westerners have been volunteering for what you can call "jihad" in foreign lands for centuries.

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A Decapitation Plot?

Edward Jay Epstein | Posted 06.15.2013 | Crime

Read More: Civil War, American History, Abraham Lincoln Assassination, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Assassination, Fords Theatre, Abraham Lincoln Conspiracy, Video, Crime News

As all the world knows by now, Lincoln was assassinated by the actor John Wilkes Booth, who was shot to death by federal troops. Since then Booth has in the popular mind become the template for the crazed lone assassin. In fact, Booth was not the only assassin at work that night.

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PHOTOS: Satirical Images Of Civil War Reenactments

Posted 04.12.2013 | Books

Anderson Scott is a photographer based in Atlanta who has spent a lot of time around Confederate Civil War Reenactments, and a book of his images, Whi...

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Today In 1865: Civil War Document Changed A Nation

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

Read More: Robert E. Lee, Video, Date Civil War Ended, Civil War, Civil War Ended, Civil War Document, Civil War Surrender, Civil War Anniversary, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, Politics News

Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant after the final battle at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865,...

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Belittling Tormentors Allows Us to Be Free

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.31.2013 | Religion

Read More: Nile River, Slavery History, Civil War, Martin Luther King, Plagues, Slavery, Passover Traditions, Passover Plagues, Facing Fear, Ten Plagues, Passover, Religion News

One of the most effective methods to triumph over fear is to cease mentally aggrandizing the object of your fear.

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The Road to Damascus Is Fraught With Pitfalls -- for the U.S.

Claude Salhani | Posted 05.29.2013 | World

U.S. troops to help stop a civil war in an Arab and/or Muslim country? Hold on just a minute! Rewind the tape. The last two Muslim nations in which the U.S. intervened militarily -- Afghanistan and Iraq -- actually helped ignite and perpetuate a civil war.

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Transformed by History: Gettysburg College's Call to Service

Janet Riggs | Posted 05.29.2013 | College

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War, Service, Gettysburg Address, College News

When the Civil War made its way to Pennsylvania, Gettysburg College stood in its midst. Forty eight of the 116 students enrolled in the College at that time abandoned their studies and joined Company A, 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Militia Regiment.

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The Pinks: A Lesson in Civil War History and Physical Theater

NYC-ARTS | Posted 05.21.2013 | Arts

Read More: Women's History Month, History, Gold No Trade, Civil War, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Theatre, Theater, The Pinks, Physical Theater, Arts News

The dialogue targets empathy for these nuanced female characters. "Me? The villain of this story?" says Greenhow to Pinkerton. "It's all a matter of perspective."

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War Costs Have Longer Effect Than Previously Thought

AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 05.19.2013 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Cost of War, Video, Civil War, World War I, Veteran Compensation, Vietnam War, Veteran Unemployment, Korean War, World War II, Politics News

OLYMPIA, Wash. — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service m...

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How The South Still Lies About The Civil War

Salon | Posted 03.17.2013 | Politics

Read More: South, Civil War, Ku Klux Klan, Slavery, Kkk, Abraham Lincoln, United Confederate Veterans, Politics News

In the course of our conversation, Yacine Kout mentioned something else—an incident that had happened the previous spring at Eastern Randolph High S...

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