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Chad’s Refugee Crisis Is Becoming a Crisis of Integration
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (186+ words) Education, jobs and land are emerging as the fault lines between Sudanese refugees and the communities hosting them, with aid cuts threatening to deepen the strain. An American intelligence chief would normally have every means at his disposal to travel…...
Miyoshi Mononoke Museum: Meet Japan’s yokai on a side trip from Hiroshima
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (288+ words) Travelers who dream of encountering yokai — Japan’s diverse cast of supernatural beings — can find them less than two hours away from Hiroshima City by train or highway bus. The story claims that in the summer of 1749 when Heitaro was only…...
A Mime’s Silent Resistance Against Nazi Forces
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (32+ words) Yahoo Discover the incredible story of Marcel Marceau, the iconic mime who used his talent to save children from the Nazis during World War two....
World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (213+ words) News and Tribune United States Army World War II veteran Sgt. Charles Whittaker arrives to his 100th birthday party on Wednesday in Jeffersonville. United States Army World War II veteran Sgt. Charles Whittaker is welcomed by friends and family at his…...
Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership
20+ hour, 18+ min ago (145+ words) GREENVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky National Guard hosted a pre-command course for incoming commanders and first sergeants at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, Aug. 13-16, bringing together leaders from across the state to discuss the responsibilities,,...
Holocaust survivors honored at age 100
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (448+ words) Judith Wohlberg, front row second from left, and George Schiffman, second from right, were honored by family members and elected officials on the occasion of their 100th birthdays. Both survived the Holocaust while losing family members. Almost an entire country and…...
Fastest Prop and Fastest Jet in Formation Flight Record
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (168+ words) von MiGFlug-Team | 21. März 2015 | Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt, Weltrekorde in der Luftfahrt | 0 Kommentare Jeannie - The Aircraft The two aircraft in formation Many. The Blackbird's speed and altitude made it the subject of countless legends, including the time a Swedish…...
Keep The USS Doris Miller
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (669+ words) The Seattle Medium Keep The USS Doris Miller By David W. Marshall (Trice Edney Wire) – There are some things we never give a second thought because our nation has timeless traditions that are easily taken for granted. The 61st U.S. presidential inauguration…...
Ammonnews: Drought-hit Danube gives way to fossil hunt in Bulgaria
11+ hour, 52+ min ago (84+ words) Volunteers scanned the dried-up bank of the Danube in northern Bulgaria, close to where receding waters laid bare mammoth bones last month, hoping to find more fossilized fragments exposed by Europe's parching drought.I've found a tooth! exclaimed Aleksandar Denkov,…...
Hawker Hurricane Makes Historic Commemorative Flight from the UK to Poland
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (656+ words) A restored Hawker Hurricane has retraced history with a commemorative flight from Duxford, England, to Dęblin, Poland, marking the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the centenary of the Polish Air Force University. Organized by The Historic Aircraft Collection…...