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Charleston Remembers Victims On Church Shooting Anniversary
The names of Confederate generals still adorn street signs in Charleston's public housing projects, and a heroic waterfront statue dedicated to the Confederate Defenders of Charleston still faces Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
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US 'Heartbreak, Horror' on South Sudan Anniversary
A top aide of President Barack Obama spoke of her heartbreak and horror at the plight of South Sudan, which marked four turbulent years of independence Thursday under the shadow of civil war.
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Sri Lankan Tamils Openly Mark Anniversary of War's End
Sri Lankan Tamils openly commemorated their war dead for the first time today, the sixth anniversary of the end of the island's decades-long civil conflict.
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Cambodia Marks 40 Years Since Evacuation of Phnom Penh
Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.
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'Never Again,' Lebanon Says on Civil War 40th Anniversary
Several Lebanese leaders today warned that the lessons of the country's civil war should not be forgotten, 40 years after the 15-year conflict began.
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War, Hunger Darken South Sudan Third Anniversary
South Sudan's warring leaders called on each other to restart peace talks on Wednesday, all the while trading blame for a raging civil war that marred independence celebrations in the world's youngest nation.
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War and Hunger Darken South Sudan Third Anniversary
Thousands of South Sudanese waved flags at military parades to mark three years of independence on Wednesday, despite little to celebrate in a war-torn young nation ravaged by ethnic atrocities and threatened with famine.
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War-Torn South Sudan Marks Third Anniversary as Famine Looms
South Sudan marks its third anniversary of independence on Wednesday, with civil war raging, the young nation divided by ethnic atrocities and on the brink of famine.
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Sri Lanka Celebrates End of War, Blocks Commemorations
President Mahinda Rajapakse led celebrations at a major victory parade on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war after commemorations for its victims were blocked.
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US marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln's undying call for a "new birth of freedom" at the bloody turning point of the US Civil War, turned 150 years old on Tuesday, even as the union he fought to preserve quarrels bitterly over the role of government.
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Charleston Remembers Victims On Church Shooting Anniversary
The names of Confederate generals still adorn street signs in Charleston's public housing projects, and a heroic waterfront statue dedicated to the Confederate Defenders of Charleston still faces Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
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US 'Heartbreak, Horror' on South Sudan Anniversary
A top aide of President Barack Obama spoke of her heartbreak and horror at the plight of South Sudan, which marked four turbulent years of independence Thursday under the shadow of civil war.
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Sri Lankan Tamils Openly Mark Anniversary of War's End
Sri Lankan Tamils openly commemorated their war dead for the first time today, the sixth anniversary of the end of the island's decades-long civil conflict.
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Cambodia Marks 40 Years Since Evacuation of Phnom Penh
Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.
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'Never Again,' Lebanon Says on Civil War 40th Anniversary
Several Lebanese leaders today warned that the lessons of the country's civil war should not be forgotten, 40 years after the 15-year conflict began.
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War, Hunger Darken South Sudan Third Anniversary
South Sudan's warring leaders called on each other to restart peace talks on Wednesday, all the while trading blame for a raging civil war that marred independence celebrations in the world's youngest nation.
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War and Hunger Darken South Sudan Third Anniversary
Thousands of South Sudanese waved flags at military parades to mark three years of independence on Wednesday, despite little to celebrate in a war-torn young nation ravaged by ethnic atrocities and threatened with famine.
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War-Torn South Sudan Marks Third Anniversary as Famine Looms
South Sudan marks its third anniversary of independence on Wednesday, with civil war raging, the young nation divided by ethnic atrocities and on the brink of famine.
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Sri Lanka Celebrates End of War, Blocks Commemorations
President Mahinda Rajapakse led celebrations at a major victory parade on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war after commemorations for its victims were blocked.
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US marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln's undying call for a "new birth of freedom" at the bloody turning point of the US Civil War, turned 150 years old on Tuesday, even as the union he fought to preserve quarrels bitterly over the role of government.
