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In what is the monetary equivalent of tearing down statues, the British have decided they must replace iconic images on their currency. Out of an apparent fear of offending the stampede of human beings who have chosen to abandon their own homelands to live in Great...
Since the end of the Cold War, Somalia has been a textbook case of the perils of foreign meddling. Once a pawn in superpower rivalry, it descended into state collapse, warlordism, and radical insurgency. Successive U.S. administrations, driven by shifting strategic...
The terrible siege of Lenningrad (St. Petersburg) lasted 872-days as German and Finnish military forces encircled the city. It was only when the harsh winters froze Lake Ladoga that the Road of Life could be established. A lifeline of trucks and mules and makeshift...
