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A novel about a missing twin
"The Tin Horse" by Janice Steinberg, Random House, 340 pages, $26. Elaine and Barbara Greenstein are twins. They lived in Boyle Heights, a Jewish neighborhood of Los Angeles. When they are 18 Barbara runs off. Although their parents hire a private...Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief
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The latest Twitter spat: Estonia vs. Paul Krugman?
World NowTwitter went atwitter Wednesday over a somewhat surprising spat: The President of Estonia apparently slamming New York Times columnist Paul Krugman as “smug, overbearing & patronizing.” Estonia enjoys a budget surplus after enduring harsh... -
Holocaust Center screens films in conjunction with Global Peace Film Festival
Orlando Arts BlogThe Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida is partnering with the Global Peace Film Festival to bring two award-winning Holocaust documentaries to Central Florida this Sunday, Sept. 25. The Holocaust Center will screen Forgotten... -
Molycorp to expand rare earth operation to Estonia
GreenspaceMolycorp Inc., which owns the only rare earth mine in the U.S., plans to double its processing capacity by buying a European plant. The Colorado-based company said Monday that it was buying 90% of Estonia-based AS Silmet for $89 million...... -
Cycling-Spain's Intxausti wins Giro stage 16
ReutersIVREA, Italy, May 21 (Reuters) - Spain's Benat Intxausti won stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday between Valloire in France and Ivrea in Italy, while Italy's Vincenzo Nibali remained in the overall lead. Intxausti, who led the Giro for a day earlier...Tags: Australia, Rigoberto Uran, Spain, Cadel Evans, Vincenzo Nibali
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Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships
For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...
Tags: Balkan Peninsula, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Baltic Region, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Feds: Father, son conspired to export banned machinery to North Korea
Tagged by U.S. authorities in 2009 for his role in a North Korean weapons procurement channel, Taiwanese businessman Hsien Tai Tsai "Alex" Tsai was banned from doing business in the United States. But in a federal criminal complaint unsealed Monday in a...
Tags: Weaponry, Taiwan, International Law, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hong Kong shakes, Estonia charges and a celebrity mom pops
Hong Kong residents experienced the effects of an earthquake nearby. Meanwhile, the Internet is coldly ignoring Baltimore's lack of an NBA team today, heartlessly blabbing on about the league's just-passed trade deadline. Welcome to your online trends...
Tags: China, Philadelphia 76ers, Charles Jenkins, Hong Kong, Twitter, Inc.
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Foreign government offices
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...Tags: Madagascar, Slovakia, Tourism and Leisure, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Antigua and Barbuda
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A look at countries where women are in combat
From France's Joan of Arc to female resistance fighters in World War II and the black-clad women warriors of the Viet Cong, history is filled with stories of women fighting alongside men. In many modern armies, however, ground infantry combat is still...Tags: Israel, World War II (1939-1945), Explosions, Military Equipment, Iraq
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Estonian Twitter tirade caused by Paul Krugman becomes an 'opera'
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman caused an angry Twitter tirade last year from Estonia's president, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, concerning the efficacy of the country's economic reforms. Now the electronic spat has been turned into a 16-minute vocal...Tags: Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards, Twitter, Inc., Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Entertainment
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City grad and Terps wing Nick Faust set to hoop abroad
The Baltimore SunCity grad and Maryland sophomore guard Nick Faust has been selected to play for the East Coast All Stars that will compete in the Four Nations Cup in Estonia this week. Calvert Hall coach John Bauersfeld will serve as an assistant coach under Lycoming...Tags: Entertainment, Czech Republic, Gaming
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