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Turkeys prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, said relations between Turkey and the United States are in danger over a U.S. resolution branding massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One as genocide. . (India Times)
Gunfight erupts in Turkish town Oct 14, 2007
Over the past few days the has sought to calm tensions with Turkey, after a vote on Wednesday in which the US House of Representatives foreign affairs committee branded the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One as genocide - a charge Turkey has firmly denied. The US has also urged Ankara not to take unilateral action against the PKK.. (Aljazeera.Net)
Turk PM may request N.Iraq incursion on Thursday Oct 11, 2007
In Washington, the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee approved a resolution calling massacres of Armenians during World War One genocide, despite White House warnings that such a decision would harm ties with Turkey ... 5 million Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks during World War One. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Pencari Traces Ambatofotsy Uranium Structure for 3,000 Metres and Remains Open Oct 11, 2007
The OMNIS program has already extended the uranium bearing pegmatite for 3,000 metres beyond the known workings which are reported to have produced over 20 tonnes of high grade betafite "ore" prior to World War One. The zone remains open. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Turkey says Armenian resolution to harm US ties Oct 11, 2007
5 million Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks during World War One. Next Article. (Reuters)
Passchendaele: 3rd Battle of Ypres Oct 10, 2007
The Ridge was reclaimed, but World War One was not yet over. Slaughter in the Mud: The Canadians at Passchendaele, 1917. (Suite101.com)
Street: Eric Alterman Oct 10, 2007
The first stab in the back campaign came in Germany after World War One, when that countrys fascists blamed Jews for causingthe Fatherland's defeat in the Great War. American right- wingers have similarly blamed U.S. liberals and radicals (generally conflated with each other in the paranoid far-right world view) for U.S. defeat in the Korean and Vietnam wars. (Zmag.org)
Cameron bounces back Oct 5, 2007
Andrew Dismore, MP for Hendon, said: "It's a bit like the mobilisation of world war one: once you start, nobody can stop it. Nobody really wanted a war but it happened. I think what we have to say is does anybody really want it? And if not, let's take a deep breath.". There is comfort for advocates of the election in that much of the Tory recovery appears to come at the expense of the Lib Dems, rather than Labour. (Guardian Unlimited)
Spotlight on... Emily Mitchell Sep 26, 2007
Emily Mitchell: The novel tells the story of the work that the American photographer Edward Steichen did flying and taking aerial reconnaissance photographs during World War One. Steichen is probably best known now for the portraits that he took for Vanity Fair in the 1930s. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Snoopy the Flying Ace Review Sep 21, 2007
September 20, 2007 - Snoopy's alter ego as a World War One flying ace was a fun side story in the classic Peanuts pantheon, perhaps the world's most successful (and heartfelt) comic strip. Namco Networks' new casual game checks in on Snoopy as he flies not-so-dangerous missions with his Sopwith Camel. (IGN Wireless Games)
Russia's Rowling Sep 19, 2007
"Two Fandorin novels, Turkish Gambit and The State Counsellor, were made into big-budget movies, which broke Russian box office records in 2005. A play based on Erast Fandorin is showing next to Red Square.Akunin is working on a new project - Cinema Novel - a cycle of 10 short novels combining words and pictures. A TV series will follow. The characters are new; one senses that he's had enough for the moment of Erast Fandorin.What's the novel about? "It's a spy story about world war one set in... (Guardian Unlimited)
ANTI-SEMITISM RISES AGAIN Sep 16, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007 Last Update: 09:40 AM EDT. A NEW HATRED AMONG THE ELITES. (New York Post -- Opinions)
The Military History of Tonga Sep 12, 2007
While part of the British Empire, fierce Tongan volunteers served in the ANZAC corps as part of the Royal New Zealand Army in World War One. The Tongans, some 2,000 strong, took part in military operations in World War Two as the Tongan Defense Force. (Suite101.com)
Chemical agent found in UN office Aug 31, 2007
The material was discovered last Friday, but it was only on Wednesday that inspectors found an inventory list which identified the substance as phosgene, a choking potentially lethal chemical warfare agent used extensively during World War One. The substance was recovered in 1996 from a former Iraqi chemical weapons facility, al-Muthanna, north of Baghdad. (Aljazeera.Net)
Blue on blue deaths raise tough questions for MoD Aug 25, 2007
A recent US study found that 15% of all casualties from world war one to the first Gulf war came from friendly fire, according to retired Lt Col James Corum, author of Fighting the War on Terror. "These days, thanks to better communication and coordination, the incidents of friendly fire are far less common than before," he said. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bikers' feud could hold key to motorway murder Aug 14, 2007
A squadron of world war one fighter pilots is credited with coining the Hells Angels name, but a breakaway group from the Pissed Off Bastards of San Bernadino, California, formed the first club in 1948. Now there are more than 100 chapters in more than 30 countries, including Croatia, Liechtenstein and South Africa. (Guardian Unlimited)
Prohibition: No Liquor Allowed Aug 8, 2007
Early attempts to dry out both countries failed, but by the time World War One erupted in 1914, citizens took a different view of prohibition. Temperance groups, farmers, churches and women armed with new-found voting rights rallied together to fight for a ban on alcohol. (Suite101.com)
Tuna shift from pet food to delicacy as stocks fall Aug 6, 2007
Tuna's sudden popularity in northern Europe might have been linked to a surge of consumption in Germany during World War One when other food was scarce. It then caught on ever more widely. (Scientific American)
Snoopy Aloft Aug 1, 2007
The game is based on the classic Peanuts comic strip, starring Charlie Brown's dog Snoopy in his World War One flying ace alter ego. Flying his Sopwith Camel (actually his dog house) across enemy lines, Snoopy must seek out the dreaded Red Baron and save his feathered friend Woodstock. (IGN Wireless Games)
Good Morning! Jul 28, 2007 Hiram Walker, Whisky Industrialist Jul 25, 2007 World War one French cognac unearthed in Macedonia Jul 22, 2007 Pit Bulls and Stupid Fools Jul 22, 2007 Binkie Beaumont Jul 15, 2007 CBS 2 At The Met: Paul Poriet, King Of Fashion Jun 25, 2007 Versailles clean-up Jun 23, 2007 Airship Ventures blogs about bringing a zeppelin to the USA Jun 23, 2007 Troops cracking under combat strain, Pentagon told Jun 22, 2007 Neil Gunn on Neil Gunn Jun 18, 2007 NZ soldier statue to stand in Australia Jun 15, 2007 Bush Sr. to Take Ceremonial Shot at Woods' Tournament Jun 13, 2007 Awkward questions Jun 12, 2007 Forty Days: The songs of war (and peace) Jun 9, 2007 2K donates Canada-specific Civ III mod to students Jun 3, 2007 Singapore in World War One Jun 2, 2007 Today In History - May 31, 2007 May 31, 2007 Russia and the West May 29, 2007 The people behind the numbers May 28, 2007 Cenotaph ceremony to honour aboriginal veterans May 27, 2007 Montana’s last WWI vet, missing since 1950, to be buried May 26, 2007 Auto Racing Glance May 25, 2007 Past president's rip unusual but not unprecedented May 22, 2007 Samoans farewell their king and "father" May 19, 2007 Richer or PoorerIs growing inequality the price of global economic growth? May 17, 2007 Defining the Global War on Terror May 12, 2007 New rally raises Turkish tensions May 6, 2007 When civil war spreads May 4, 2007 The Faithful Italian Carabinieri May 2, 2007 Admiral Stark at Port Arthur 1904 Apr 26, 2007 Anzac Memorial: Silent, respectful remembrance Apr 24, 2007 Scuttling of the High Seas Fleet Apr 23, 2007 Internment High Seas Fleet 1918 Apr 22, 2007 Pedal car racing to debut in Penang Apr 17, 2007 Sarkozy wooing far-right, rivals say Apr 14, 2007 * Globe trotting w Armenia @zz: Apr 14, 2007 Writers praise work of Kurt Vonnegut who has died age 84 Apr 14, 2007 Brown And Cameron 'Share Same Roots' Apr 13, 2007 Ahmedinejad Wins Battle of Wits Apr 13, 2007 • Youth accepts his great-grandfather's purple heart Apr 12, 2007 Vimy ceremony a thoroughly Canadian moment Apr 10, 2007 What's not to loathe? Apr 7, 2007 Canada to remove mistake-ridden WWI exhibit Apr 6, 2007 Canadian Nurses in World War One Apr 5, 2007 French genocide bill prompts Turkey to suspend pipeline talks Apr 5, 2007 Vimy Ridge 90 Years Later: Our four Victoria Cross recipients Apr 3, 2007 FACTBOX-Slavery - some facts Mar 26, 2007 Chlorine bombs target Iraq Mar 19, 2007 Museum stakes hopes on ambitious Modernism show Mar 18, 2007 Three chlorine bombs poison hundreds in Iraq Mar 18, 2007 Ford to sell Aston Martin in $925 million deal Mar 12, 2007 Church's Weekly Coffeehouse Features Mix of Music Mar 11, 2007 Historic Advances in Technology Mar 9, 2007 Australia may be close to solving WWI sub mystery Mar 1, 2007 U.S. Military: Terrorists Using Chemical Bombs in Iraq Feb 23, 2007 Prince Harry to serve in Iraq Feb 22, 2007 Second chlorine bomb stokes fears in Iraq Feb 22, 2007 ANALYSIS-Russia seen looking for deal on Kosovo Feb 21, 2007 The US 14inch/45calibre Naval Gun Feb 18, 2007 US Navy Railway Guns France 1918 Feb 18, 2007 A postcard sent by a soldier to his fiancee arrives 90 years late Feb 16, 2007 Five charged over Dink murder Jan 26, 2007 Pit site stands proud, defending our industrial heritage Jan 20, 2007 Profile of journalist Hrant Dink Jan 20, 2007 Deadly clue to 1918 Spanish flu virus uncovered Jan 18, 2007
In 1914, World War One began as Austria-Hungary declared war onSerbia. In 1932, federal troops forcibly dispersed the so-called "BonusArmy" of World War One veterans who had gathered in Washington todemand money they weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. (KWTX.com, TX)
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The famous Hall of Mirrors where France, Spain and England officially recognized the independence of the United States in 1783, and where the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War One, was signed defiantly was worth noting. Paris cannot be visited without a stop at the grand gothic cathedral, Notre-Dame. (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
Sold several times later, the once bright future of Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery lost lustre in the early 1900s the dark clouds of World War One and Prohibition were approaching. (Suite101.com)
The town sits on a World War One battlefield, and a liquid fortune in vintage cognac lies buried in what were its trenches. Villagers unearthed the first case of 15 bottles about 15 years ago. (WSJA.com, AL)
Yes, the U.S. believed that the Pit Bull was great enough to be our mascot in World War One. During WWI, Life magazine frequently had Pit Bulls on their covers and in their cartoons, using them as a symbol of Americas stalwart spirit. (Townhall.com)
An elegant man of military bearing, he was Major Harry Woodcock, formerly a World War One Army Entertainments Officer, now the new General Manager of Cardiff's Playhouse theatre. It was in 1922 that the Major introduced Binkie to the delights of the theatre, including a personal backstage meeting with the great actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his company. (Suite101.com)
At the height of his career, in pre World War One France, Poiret was known as the king of fashion. Visitors will see about fifty Poiret ensembles here. (CBS New York, NY)
The Hall, which witnessed the signing of the Treaty of Versailles after World War One, has undergone a three-year, 12-million ($17. 2-million Canadian) facelift that officials say will restore its splendour without artificial rejuvenation. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Apparently in the UK nearly made a film called Zeppelin vs Pterodactyls, a sort of 'Land that time forgot' meets 'world war one' flick. They only ever mocked up a poster for investors, but its tantalizing to think how amazing it would have been. (USA Today -- Tech)
The report also pointed to poor mental healthcare, lack of trained staff, and entrenched prejudices on what was called shell shock in world war one and combat fatigue in the second world war. "This is something that we can, must and will get fixed," Mr Gates said. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
However, within a few years he was back in Scotland as a Customs and Excise officer, serving there during World War One. During the 1920 s, he started writing short stories and in 1926, Grey Coast his first novel was published. (Suite101.com)
Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark announced Friday with New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma, that a statue of a New Zealand World War One soldier will be erected on Sydney's ANZAC Bridge. According to press release from Clark's office, the statue will be positioned at the western entrance to the bridge, forming a pair with the existing statue of an n soldier. (People's Daily Online, China)
His grandfather, George Herbert Walker, was the president of the USGA and was also instrumental in the creation of The Walker Cup Match, which began shortly after World War One to bring together golfers from both sides of the Atlantic. Opinions and Feedback. (ABC 7 News, DC)
The Dardanelles inquiry of 1915 was held during world war one as Tory MPs keep pointing out, but only after our troops abandoned Suvla Bay. It nearly finished Churchill's career, which was intended: he was a Liberal then. (Guardian Unlimited)
Even more famous because of its continued use in World War One was - "When Johnnie Comes Marching Home" - "When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer and the boys will shout! The ladies they will all turn out And we'll all feel gay, When Johnny comes marching home." And how about "Over There" - "Over there, over there, send the word, over there, that the Yanks are comin', the Yanks are comin', and it won't be... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
100,000 high schoolers north of the border to receive 2K's turn-based strategy game bundled with first episode of HistoriCanada: The New World. By , Posted Jun 1, 2007 12:10 pm PT. (GameSpot)
The 1915 Indian Mutiny. In 1915, Indian Muslim troops on Singapore mutinied, killing their officers and British civilians. (Suite101.com)
In 1916, during World War One, British and German fleets fought the naval Battle of Jutland off Denmark; there was no clear-cut victor, although the British suffered heavier losses. In 1961, South Africa became an independent republic. (CBS New York, NY)
The Boston Globe Published: May 28, 2007. Whenever Russian and American relations look discouraging, which is very often lately, I think about my infant daughter's late great-grandfathers. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. WHENEVER RUSSIAN and American relations look discouraging, which is very often lately, I think about my infant daughter's late great-grandfathers. (Boston Globe)
During World War One, 21 Cape Barren Islanders served in the forces and six were killed. In World War Two, 23 Tasmanian aborigines fought overseas and another 10 served in the Vietnam War. (ABC News Online, Australia)
A Dillon man who went hunting near Bannack in 1950 and never returned will become the last World War One veteran in the state to receive a military burial this weekend. The skeleton of Elmer Mikus was found on a remote mining claim about two miles south of Bannack last fall. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
The race has taken place every year since 1911, except for when the United States was in World War One (1917-18) and World War Two (1942-45). The closest finish in Indy 500 history came in 1992, when Al Unser Junior edged Scott Goodyear by 0. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
And years after his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt regularly took to the campaign trail to criticize Woodrow Wilson over Wilson's handling of World War One. Thomas Fleming, an author and president of the Society of American Historians, said Theodore Roosevelt "made Jimmy Carter look like a pussycat.". (KSLA.com, LA)
An estimated 130,000 Samoans or people of Samoan descent live in New Zealand, which captured the islands from at the start of World War One in 1914, and ruled the country under an international mandate until 1962. A Samoan-born New Zealand member of parliament, Taito Philip Field, said Malietoa laid the foundation for the development of Samoa as a modern country. (Washington Post)
"It really is a new Gilded Age. If you look at the distribution of income, at least pre-tax, it is the same as it was in the 1920s, and the 1920s looked the same as pre- World War One - so we are in a new gilded age of inequality," he says. In Britain, the country's thousand richest people now have wealth of about $300bn (150bn), three times the figure of ten years ago. (BBC News -- Business)
Had the Allies not perfected the complex, integrated tactics of amphibious warfare, first attempted in the modern age at Gallipoli in World War One, they would have not been successful moving across North Africa, Italy, Europe, and the entirety of Asia in defeating the Axis powers in World War Two ... Had the Allies not perfected the complex, integrated tactics of amphibious warfare, first attempted in the modern age at Gallipoli in World War One, they would have not been successful moving... (Townhall.com)
Protesters, who included headscarved women and men in military attire, packed the streets of Manisa with tight rows of red Turkish flags and pictures of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who threw religion out of public life when he founded the modern republic after World War One. "No way for sharia (Islamic law)," chanted demonstrators. (CNN -- International)
The aftermath of the break-up of the Ottoman Empire (also dealt its death blow during World War One) has taken a different, more protracted course. The Turks did not submit to the break-up of their empire as readily as the Austrians. (BBC News -- UK)
Military Police and Corps of Heroes. The Carabinieri Corps has been at times the most dedicated of all of the Italian armed forces. (Suite101.com)
During world war one he was brought back from retirement. Sources. (Suite101.com)
April 25 is designated as Anzac Day in Australia to mark that date in 1915, when Australian troops landed at Gallipoli during World War One and faced the Turkish forces there ... World War One is also known as "The War to End All Wars" because the loss of life and carnage was so great and horrifying ... "Anzac" is an acronym for the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps and came into use as the name of the combined Australian and New Zealand troops that went to serve in World War One. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Interned at the close of World War One in Scotland the German fleet chose to scuttle itself at anchor rather than surrender ... These became the last men killed in combat during world war one. (Suite101.com)
At the close of World War One, the victorious allies ordered that the powerful and undefeated High Seas Fleet present itself for interment until a final peace ... He loved it so much that he decided to increase it to the largest in the world, sparking an arms race that was one of the leading factors to world war one ... It was decided during the cease fire that concluded fighting in world war one on November 11, 1918 that the High Seas Fleet of surface ships was to be interned at Scapa Flow... (Suite101.com)
A great many were sold, particularly to blind World War One veterans who pedalled while the wife steered. Back then, the velocar, for the ordinary working class people, was a big step towards the as yet highly-expensive automobile and it also proved popular because it could be driven without a driving licence. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Le Pen on Sunday contrasted his own French roots with those of Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian nobleman and grandson of a Greek who fought for France in World War One. Sarkozy said the outburst jarred with traditional French values of tolerance. (CNN -- International)
Ottoman Turkey ruled Armenia until the end of World War One, when the victors drew new borders. Turkey rejected Armenian borders and fought the Turkish-Armenian War in 1920, taking half of the territory. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ed Pilkington in New YorkFriday April 13, 2007. The novelist, journalist and humanist Kurt Vonnegut was lauded yesterday as one of the defining voices of post-war America following his death at the age of 84. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Other well known Scots who appear in the Census include Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1881, and controversial World War One leader General Haig in 1871. The records also show that more Scots than expected may have English blood, as the English born population north of the border tripled from 37,000 in 1841 to more than 123,000 by 1901. (Life Style Extra)
The British hoped to put an end to centuries of territorial disputes between the Ottoman Empire (which collapsed shortly after World War One) and successive Iranian dynasties, by keeping the waterway bi-national. While an exhaustive analysis of the intricacies of the Thalweg principle and the Algiers Accord are beyond the scope of this article, it is broadly agreed that the Algiers Accord of 1975 was the most practical way to divide the hotly contested waterway. (Ocnus.net)
Steve Kagen for Elmer Koerner (KERN'-er), who served during World War One and died in 1961. It all started last year when Anderson was in the eighth grade and his teacher wanted students to research thgeir family's history. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Aerial view of the people attending Monday's 90th anniversary ceremony marking the World War One Battle of Vimy Ridge. (Eric Pollet/Reuters). (Globe and Mail)
From 1891 until the onset of the American Expeditionary Forces participation in World War One, America was able to take its first serious look outside of its borders and begin to assess its role in the greater world. The sailing of the Great White Fleet and our entry into World War One were the first looks over the wall, and a peek at what our role in the world might become ... From 1891 until the onset of the American Expeditionary Forces participation in World War One, America was able to take... (Townhall.com)
Public broadcaster Radio-Canada found numerous mistakes in interpretive panels at Vimy Ridge in France, where more than 10,000 Canadian soldiers were killed or wounded in April 1917 during World War One. "I have just been made aware of this situation and it is totally unacceptable. As soon as the errors were confirmed, it was obvious the only solution was to remove the panels," Thompson said in a statement. (Reuters Canada)
In recognition of the great sacrifices made by Canadian Nursing Sisters during World War One, a monument of sculptured marble was installed in 1926 in the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. (Suite101.com)
5 million Armenians during World War One. Ankara says that figure is greatly exaggerated. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Tomorrow, read the story of Ellis Sifton, a farm boy who went off to France to fight with the Canadian Army during World War One. Sgt. Sifton and three other Canadians (photos courtesy of Veteran Affairs Canada) were awarded the Victoria Cross for their heroic efforts at the battle of Vimy Ridge in April, 1917. (National Post)
-- Some parts of Africa and much of the Islamic world retained slavery at the end of World War One. For this reason the League of Nations, later the United Nations, took on the obligation of ending slavery. (Reuters AlertNet)
Its use is raising concerns of a style of warfare dating back to world war one when chlorine was used by the Germans. It caused panic among soldiers who were unprepared for gas warfare. (Aljazeera.Net)
By Randall Mikkelsen. WASHINGTON (Reuters Life. (Reuters)
Chlorine gas was widely used in World War One but its use in insurgent attacks in Iraq has particular resonance there. Saddam Hussein attacked Kurdish areas with chemical weapons in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war. (Reuters AlertNet)
Fully acquired by Ford in 1993, Aston Martin was founded at the start of World War One and battled against financial difficulties and the pressures of producing hand-crafted cars in an industry powered by mass production. It was not until industrialist David Brown bought the company in the late 1940s that it enjoyed some stability. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Every weekend, the nation's only World War One chapel combines java with jazz and poetry for what's called the Saturday Sundown Coffeehouse. The Epiphany Episcopal Church near the Odenton train station usually brings in about three- or four-dozen regulars for the casual get-togethers. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Add to this the totality of the Civil War and World War One, the reality of this era threatens to overshadow the larger than life legend attached to Wyatt Earp and the Wild West he helped to tame. (Suite101.com)
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian navy has found what it hopes are the remains of the nation's first submarine, lost off Papua New Guinea in the first months of World War One, the government said on Thursday ... It was first major loss of Australian life in World War One, and followed the country's first military action of the conflict when troops had captured a German Pacific radio base at Rabaul ... The AE2 was also lost during World World War One. (Scotsman)
Chlorine gas was used as a weapon in World War One, but its use now in militant attacks in Iraq has particular resonance for Iraqis. Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on Kurdish areas in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq War. (Newsmax)
His great-grandfather, King George VI, saw action in World War One. Prince Harry graduated from the elite Sandhurst military academy last year. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Offbeat)
Chlorine gas weapons were used in World War One trench fighting but the use of such weapons has particular resonance in Iraq where Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on Kurdish areas in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War. "We were in the shops working when all of a sudden it exploded and we saw yellow fumes. Everybody was suffocating," a man at a local hospital told Reuters Television after Wednesday's bomb was set off. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Kosovo is a sensitive issue for Moscow as Serbia is a historic ally bound by common Slav cultural and religious ties, though Russian backing for Belgrade in World War One swung to hostility under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. In 1999, Russia attacked NATO's plans to bomb Serbia and tried to mediate but, weakened by domestic political turmoil and an economic crisis, backed away from outright confrontation. (AlertNet)
Maximum Elevation: Thirty degrees. Maximum Range: 34,000 yards. (Suite101.com)
14-inch naval rifles served ashore with the AEF in World War One ... When the United States entered World War One in 1917 it was severely under equipped. (Suite101.com)
A postcard sent from the trenches in World War One has just been delivered - 90 years late. Soldier Walter Butler was 18 and fighting in the trenches in France when he sent the card to his fiancee Amy Hicks, in Colerne, Wiltshire. (BBC News -- UK)
Samast has confessed to killing Dink for "insulting" Turks in his writings and statements on the massacre of Armenians during World War One - a sensitive issue in Turkey. Yasin Hayal, a well-known nationalist, has admitted to inciting his friend Samast to kill Dink, the police said. (Aljazeera.Net)
Letters - Sheffield Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments /title. This menu uses javascript This menu uses javascript This menu uses javascript Sat January 20 2007. (Sheffield Today, UK)
Armenians have long campaigned for recognition of the alleged genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One, but Dink opposed the French parliament's passing of a law banning denial of the Armenian genocide. He said he would even be ready to go to prison in France in defense of free speech. (CNN -- World)
LONDON (Reuters) - The virus that caused the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic which killed more people than World War One was so deadly because it triggered an uncontrolled immune system response in its victims, scientists said on Wednesday. About 50 million people died in the 1918 pandemic, the worst in modern history, but why it was so lethal has been a mystery. (Scientific American)
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