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History, Middle East

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Key point: Hindsight is 20/20, but Washington should have known that the invasion was a mistake. The conflict would (and still does) claim many lives.

Every player of the popular video game Civilization knows to hit the save button before engaging in the risky, stupid invasion of foreign country. In the case of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, it became apparent after the first few months that the war was not working out as its framers had envisioned. Читать дальше...

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Craving Hot and Sour Soup just like your favorite Chinese restaurant? This recipe will hit the spot! It's made with Chinese mushrooms, bamboo shoots, tofu, and a beaten egg.

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Sanders leads by double digits in latest NBC/WSJ poll as Biden sinks, Bloomberg rises  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News

Why aren’t our children exposed to the crucial contributions made by African-Americans toward the independence and formation of the United States? Names like Crispus Attucks, Phillis Wheatley, Peter Salem and James Armistead Lafayette should be mentioned alongside the founders of America.

Hot sauces, trivia, and pain.

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NHL Seattle is still over a year and a half away from putting a product on the ice. The organization and its fans need to exercise patience in waiting for milestones and then building toward Stanley Cup winners. Such milestones include building the arena, hiring the coaching staff, the initial entry draft, and finally Seattle’s […]

The Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya has suspended UN-brokered ceasefire talks with the Libyan National Army after an LNA attack on a port in the capital on Tuesday.
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Forecast rain might be a welcome relief for tank water users across the parched North Island, but now they should be wary of contamination. A front is hoped to move over the upper North Island sometime this weekend , welcome news for those who have ...

Aleksandar Rakic | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

Light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic is sticking around.

I recently read Geraldo Marti's American Blindspot: Race, Class, Religion, and the Trump Presidency (London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020), and would like to share some thoughts about that book with you. A key insight of Marti's book is that, in looking at Donald Trump, we Americans are looking in a mirror and seeing our own faces. It is not, as many in the media have wanted to imagine, a ...

Final Fantasy XIV’s current expansion Shadowbringers landed with a bang last July, and it’s been expanding since then with more battles and intrigue. Those additions have come in pieces: a string of raid monsters here, a cross-over collaboration with Nier Automata there. The early additions were enjoyable, but the…

1. Locals watch as the Severn surges inches from the top of its flood barrier  Daily Mail
2. Storm Dennis: Aerials show extent floods as River Wye reaches record highs  The Telegraph
3. UK weather: Flooding 'potentially imminent' in aftermath of Storm Dennis  Sky News
4. Shropshire flooding: Danger to life warning for Ironbridge as Shrewsbury still flooded  shropshirestar.com
5. Britons battered by Storm Dennis face MORE misery with four-day deluge  Daily Mail
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Minor leaguers deserve to be paid a living wage, and Major League Baseball can absolutely afford it.

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain: Haaland delivered the biggest performance of his brief career to date to show his natural ability at the top level

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2005. | AP file photo

Trump does nothing for anybody that is not, at bottom, for himself. In this case, Blagojevich became the beneficiary.

1. 3 red flags Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler said she noticed early on - Business Insider  Business Insider
2. Susan Fowler, Uber Whistleblower, Takes On Silicon Valley  NPR
3. Her Blog Post About Uber Upended Big Tech. Now She’s Written a Memoir.  The New York Times
4. Uber 'whistleblower' Susan Fowler: New hires were told not to date Travis Kalanick - Business Insider  Business Insider
5. Susan Fowler details fallout, says she was "followed" after blog post exposing Uber... Читать дальше...

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) - Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 meeting on Tuesday in the Norwegian striker's first European game for his new club.

Erling Haaland scored twice to give Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 meeting

February 20 is the observance of the World Day of Social Justice. See the broad swath of Iranian society that has suffered under the current regime.

Berkman, 68, worked with about 250 of the 343 firefighters who died on the site.

The search for two Palo Alto seniors who have been missing since Friday continued Tuesday.