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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Lehigh County, Abraham Lincoln, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Sociology, Mexican-American War
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Abraham Lincoln, White House, Racism, Civil Rights, Armed Conflicts
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Syrian rebels launch offensive in south to reverse losses
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they attacked an important military base in the south and checkpoints in the city of Deraa on Thursday, trying to regain ground lost to President Bashar al-Assad's forces near the Jordanian border. The rebels were...Tags: Bashar Assad, Human Rights, Politics, Religion and Belief, Wars and Interventions
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Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split
Reuters* President Jonathan declared state of emergency on Tuesday * Aims to wrest control of remote areas from Islamists * U.S., rights groups fear abuses, worsening violence By Imma Ande YOLA, Nigeria, May 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights, Amnesty International, Petroleum Industry
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Nigeria rumbles to war footing as soldiers head to northeast for Islamic extremist fight
Associated PressLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency. In the last two days,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Butterfly Ballots, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Department of State
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Bombs kill more than 35 people across Iraq
ReutersBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people on Wednesday, following weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to unleash sectarian confrontation. Tensions between minority...Tags: International Military Interventions, Explosions, Baghdad (Iraq), Bombings, Government
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Nigerian troops on new offensive against Islamists
ReutersMAIDUGURI/YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria launched a military campaign on Wednesday to flush Islamist militants out of their bases in remote border areas, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeast. Nigerian troops...Tags: Western Africa, Government, Butterfly Ballots, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Department of State
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U.N. condemns Assad forces, but unease grows about rebels
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition on Wednesday, but a decline in support for the resolution suggested growing unease about extremism among Syria's...Tags: United Nations, Qatar, Moscow (Russia), Iran, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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UN calls for sanctions on Central African Republic rights abusers
Reuters* Seleka rebels seized power in March * UN envoy says country in state of anarchy * UN chief says too early for UN peacekeepers By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.N. envoy to the Central African Republic urged the Security...Tags: United Nations, Butterfly Ballots, Africa, Francois Bozize, Chad
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Former Dutch minister Koenders to be named UN Mali envoy-diplomats
ReutersBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - Former Dutch development minister Gerard Koenders will be named U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country, where Islamist militants hijacked...Tags: Sudan, United Nations, Côte d'Ivoire, Ban Ki-moon, Mali
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) * Warring parties film themselves committing atrocities * Neither side condemns brutality in their own ranks * Balkans, Lebanon show savagery delays reconciliation By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - Syrian...Tags: War Crimes, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Armed Conflicts
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At least 31 killed as army, Mai Mai rebels clash in east Congo
ReutersKINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 31 people were killed in violent clashes after Mai Mai rebels attacked army positions in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern town of Beni, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. Gunmen launched the attack early on...Tags: Congo, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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