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Brady photo of captured soldiers depicted on Postal Service's Gettysburg stamp sheet
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A picture taken by famed Civil War photographer Matthew Brady depicting three Confederate soldiers captured at the Battle of Gettysburg is part of the U.S. Postal Service's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the pivotal...Tags: Mail Order Industry, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Postal Service
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Syria, Israel exchange fire across cease-fire line
BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled...
Tags: Xi Jinping, United Nations, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Monday's Region I tennis roundup: Grafton boys, Smithfield girls earn right to play Jamestown; York girls, Poquoson boys advance
Daily PressOccasionally competitive matches between Bay Rivers District teams and their Battlefield District counterparts marked Monday's first day of play in the Region I team tennis tournament. In Monday's boys quarterfinals, Jamestown breezed past Courtland 5-0...Tags: Grafton, James Monroe, Courtland, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Smithfield
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'Body of War' veteran who said he was ready to die says he will live on for now
The Kansas City StarKANSAS CITY, Mo. Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now. "I decided I was going to hold on as long as I can until it becomes too unbearable for me,"...Tags: Chemical Industry, Music, Iraq, Entertainment, International Military Interventions
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Review: 'Dying City' is a mesmerizing look at the battles within
There are many ways of being a political playwright. Christopher Shinn's approach, centered on characters rather than on ideologies, is one that will never go out of style. Illuminating large-scale public concerns through the microscopic examination...
Tags: Theater, Iraq, Entertainment Events, International Military Interventions, London Theatre
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Kirk Douglas to pay tribute to his late friend Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas will be paying tribute to his old friend and frequent co-star Burt Lancaster at the UCLA Film & Television Archive's June 7 screening of their classic 1957 western, “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” at the Billy Wilder Theater in...
Tags: Tuberculosis, Movies, Rhonda Fleming, Mark Twain, Entertainment
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: U.S. Military, Afghanistan, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Hamid Karzai
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Programs will share more of city's Civil War past
Richmond Times-DispatchCivil War stories don't end at the boundaries of Richmond National Battlefield Park, and this summer's programs won't end there, either. A new series of Saturday walks and talks will build on the recent success of Lincoln and Bread Riot tours to tell...Tags: Labor Day, Breads, Travel, Wars and Interventions, Memorial Day
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HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.BASEBALL COMMONWEALTH DISTRICT Today's consolation game North Stafford at Albemarle Today's final Riverbend at Colonial Forge, 6 BATTLEFIELD DISTRICT At Spotsylvania Today's semifinals Eastern View vs. Courtland, 4:30 Caroline vs....Tags: James Monroe, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Egypt's border with Gaza stays closed as protest continues
CAIRO — Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip remained closed Sunday as the families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped in the northern Sinai Peninsula last week continued a sit-in. A video was briefly posted on YouTube...
Tags: Hamas, Cairo (Egypt), Kidnapping, Egypt, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Tripoli fighting leaves one dead, several wounded
The Lebanon Daily StarTRIPOLI, Lebanon -- In renewed hostilities apparently linked to a Syrian offensive in the rebel-held strategic city of Qusair, supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad clashed in Tripoli Sunday, killing one man and wounding several...Tags: Islam, Wars and Interventions, Lebanon, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad
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Tenuous calmreturns afterAin al-Hilweh clashes
The Lebanon Daily StarOne person was killed and at least three others wounded in overnight clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh over the weekend. Four people were also wounded Sunday during an exchange of gunfire between the bodyguards of the head of the...Tags: Jihad, Hamas, Islam, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Fatah
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