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In 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died after a reign of nearly 24 years. In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia. In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vindicated. |
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In 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died after a reign of nearly 24 years. In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia. In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vindicated. |
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That was evident in the moments after the inauguration, when Black Lives Matter activists confronted Krasner over the latest police shooting of an unarmed African American . But beyond the shooting of Dennis Plowden Jr. at the hands of police, there are demands that are not about a moment, but are.... |
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Here is her story in a nutshell: Victoria Patershutk was born in 1917 in a prairie town south of the Hudson Bay junction near Yorkton, Sask. She was the fourth of 14 children - she had ten brothers and three sisters. Her father came to Canada as a teenager on a boat sharing his passage with cattle, dogs, cats and chickens. |
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Bolaji Okusaga. Introduction. Since the advent of the internet in the early 1990’s, the media space has been gravely altered with huge consequence for media practitioners and consumers of traditional news media – what with the altering of media consumption habits, the reinvention of old professional.... |
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It would be no exaggeration to say that we live in an age of renewed space exploration. In particular, the Moon has become the focal point of increasing attention in recent years. In addition to President Trump's recent directive to NASA to return to the Moon , many other space agencies and private.... |
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A list of some Canadian newsmakers who died in 2017: JANUARY. 1 – Yvon Dupuis, 90, Quebec Liberal MNA and MP. 1 – Stuart Hamilton, 87, opera coach and CBC radio host, of prostate cancer. 1 – Lorne Loomer, 79, Olympic rowing gold medallist (1956), of esophageal cancer. |
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By Olivia Kelleher. A young Cork mother who bravely fought cancer for two years, was laid to rest today. Caroline Sweeney, 37, from Macroom, Co Cork, is mother to Jamie, 8, and Zara, 3. Earlier this month, she was told by doctors that her only option was palliative care. She was encouraged to get her affairs in order and to write a will. |
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Kinshasa (AFP) - Congolese security forces shot dead a man and injured several others Sunday in a bloody crackdown on Catholic worshippers who gathered at churches across the country to demand President Joseph Kabila leave power. AFP reporters witnessed the latest of several recent outbreaks of.... |
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Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Eight people were killed Sunday and dozens arrested as security forces in DR Congo cracked down on Catholic worshippers who gathered at churches across the country to demand President Joseph Kabila leave power, a UN source said. |
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