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Europe and Africa: a genocidal history
March 21, 2012During the "scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century, Germany had entered the game partly for economic and partly for geopolitical reasons.
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Celebrating the life of Mary McLeod Bethune
March 19, 2012Mary McLeod Bethune's commitment to the advancement of black women and indeed all women makes her a true American hero.
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All hail the (German) chief
March 19, 2012It's hard to decide: which article on Germany's new president, East Germany's (the former German Democratic Republic's) pastor Joachim Gauck, was more misleading.
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Bread and Roses in 1912, Hyatt and Hotels in 2012
March 8, 2012When it comes to oppression of women it sometimes seems like "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
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Portuguese government to unemployed: “There’s the door!”
March 5, 2012Portugal's prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, of the right-wing Social Democratic Party, shocked many on Dec. 18.
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