World
Today in history: Mozambique achieves independence in 1975
June 25, 2015The decade 1964-74 marks the wars of independence for Portuguese colonies of Guinea-Bissau, Angola, and Mozambique, and islands of Cape Verde and São Tomé e Príncipe.
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Today in Pride Month history: Homosexuals in Holocaust first publicly recognized
June 24, 2015In 1976, speakers at a public program in Hartford, Conn., told the history and paid homage to the homosexuals exterminated in the Nazi concentration and labor camps.
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Ingeborg Rapoport: A doctor’s degree at 102
June 24, 2015Few of the media reports told the full story, not only about the anti-Semitism of the Nazis at its beginning but about the anti-Communism which later followed.
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Hundreds of thousands march against austerity in Britain
June 22, 2015A quarter of a million angry voices challenged the government's "dangerous and unjust" spending cuts at the weekend.
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Turkey’s election earthquake shakes things up
June 22, 2015Behind the storm that staggered Turkey's ruling party: a grassroots revolt against rising poverty, growing inequality and the AKP's war on trade unions.
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