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WWII Nazi Bunkers Stand the Tests of Time, Vandalism and Livestock
Hitler knew the Allied invasion on the Atlantic coast would come eventually, so all along the western edge of Europe — from Spain to Scandanavia — he built a series of fortifications called the Atlantic Wall. In addition to minefields, workers were ordered to build a series of massive concrete bunkers designed to house troops and guns. Decades later, a group of those structures still exist.
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DIY Weapons of the Syrian Rebels
Nearly two years after the start of Syria's popular uprising, the conflict has evolved into a slow-moving, brutal civil war with many players and no clear end in sight
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The Germans who tried to topple Hitler
Seventy years ago today, three German students were executed in Munich for leading a resistance movement against Hitler. Since then, the members of the White Rose group have become German national heroes - Lilo Furst-Ramdohr was one of them.
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African leaders sign deal aimed at peace in eastern Congo
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African leaders signed a U.N.-mediated deal on Sunday aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and paving the way for the deployment...
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Syria regime ready for talks with rebel groups
The Syrian government is prepared to talk with its armed opposition, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday.
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LIFE Behind the Picture: The Liberation of Buchenwald
Survivors gaze at photographer Margaret Bourke-White and rescuers from the United States Third Army during the liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945.
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Fact Checking 'Argo': A Great Escape That Takes Some Leaps
Ben Affleck's Argo chronicles a covert operation to rescue six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis. Some of it's true, and some is just inspired by real events. Matt Baglio, co-author of the book Argo, helps NPR's Robert Siegel separate fact from fiction.
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The CIA Is Training Syria's Rebels: Uh-Oh, Says a Top Iraqi Leader
The covert program surfaced in a piece about John Kerry's announcement of increased aid to the fighters.
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North Korea vows to cancel Korean War ceasefire
North Korea vowed to cancel the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean War, citing a U.S.-led push for punishing UN sanctions over its recent nuclear test and ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military drills.
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UK sends armoured vehicles to Syria
The UK is to provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria "to help save lives", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.
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North Korea ends peace pacts with South
North Korea says it is scrapping all non-aggression pacts with South Korea, closing its hotline with Seoul and shutting their shared border point. The announcement follows a fresh round of UN sanctions punishing Pyongyang for its nuclear test last month.
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S. Korea's Defense Ministry warns DPRK to "vanish from earth"
The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will"vanish from the earth" if it wages a nuclear attack on South Korea, the South Korean Defense Ministry here said Friday.
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The Experts That Traders Go To For North Korea Intel Are Getting Worried
Things are heating up on the Korean border today. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has officially cancelled the nonaggression pact between North and South Korea that unofficially ended the Korean War in 1953, closed down the North's shared border with the South, and told his troops to "prepare for war."
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The Corpse That Fooled Hitler
On the morning of April 30, 1943, a fisherman working off the coast of Huelva, Spain found a body floating in the water. The corpse, an adult male, was badly decomposed and wearing a military uniform, trench coat, and boots. Floating nearby, and attached to the man’s trench coat belt with a chain, was a briefcase.
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How Credible Are North Korea's Threats?
North Korea has been ratcheting up the rhetoric against South Korea and the United States. Analysts say the secretive nature of the country make it difficult to judge its intentions and capabilities, however.
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Syria's priceless heritage under attack
Thousands have been killed and millions made homeless in Syria's civil war, but it has also caused irreparable damage to some of the world's most precious historical sites. The treasures now being destroyed matter to everyone on the planet, argues historian Dan Snow.
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North Korea demands apology from South Korea for ‘open declaration of war’
Recent statements by Seoul have angered Pyongyang to the extent that the latter considers them a cry for war.
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Desperate Conditions Force Some Syrian Women Into Prostitution
Walk among the plastic tents in one corner of this sprawling, dust-swept desert camp packed with Syrian refugees, and a young woman in a white headscarf signals. "Come in, you'll have a good time," suggests Nada, 19, who escaped from the southern border town of Daraa into Jordan several months ago.
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They met as enemies over the war-torn skies of Europe during but reunited years later as brothers.
The pilot glanced outside his cockpit and froze. He blinked hard and looked again, hoping it was just a mirage. But his co-pilot stared at the same horrible vision.
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Several bodies turn up in Aleppo river
At least 20 bodies were pulled out of Syria's River Quwaiq, most with their hands tied and gunshot wounds to the head.
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