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Battle of the Hook reenactment returning to Gloucester in October
More than 1,000 reenactors are expected in Gloucester on Oct. 19-20 to recreate the Battle of the Hook, a pivotal Revolutionary War skirmish in the county that helped seal the fate of the British forces in 1781. The reenactment will take place at the...Tags: Historic Reenactments, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Human Interest, George Washington
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Egyptian judge suspends upcoming elections as disarray deepens
TRIPOLI, Libya — Egypt slipped further into political disarray Wednesday when a judge suspended upcoming parliamentary elections and referred the country’s much-criticized electoral law to the highest court. An administrative judge struck...
Tags: Elections, Parliament, Politics, Political Dissent, Egypt
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Qatar cuts poet's life term to 15 years in jail; outcry persists
A Qatari poet jailed for verses deemed seditious and insulting to his nation's emir faces 15 years behind bars after an appeals court cut back on his prison term Monday. Human rights groups were outraged in November when a Qatari court first ruled...Tags: Justice and Rights, Tunisia, Amnesty International, Qatar, Prisons
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Rebel raids, Yankee occupation
Despite the stillness that fell across the killing fields of Williamsburg when the bloody battle of May 5, 1862 ended, the struggle to decide the town’s fate was far from over. Inside the houses lining Duke of Gloucester Street, the daughters...
Tags: Washington, DC, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Government, Armed Conflicts, Politics
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Survivalist themes in TV shows, movies tap into fear of the big fall
Frankly, it sounded pretty stupid. For reasons unknown, electricity fails worldwide, sending humanity into a post-technological free-fall. Weeds grow in the Capitol (very "Logan's Run"), young women defend their families with bows and arrows (very "Hunger...
Tags: V (tv program), Falling Skies (tv program), Revolution (movie), NBC (tv network), Flu
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Egypt protesters, police clash on Mubarak anniversary
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding the departure of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed with police outside his palace on Monday on the second anniversary of the overthrow of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Dozens of youths threw rocks at the...Tags: Government, Cairo (Egypt), Politics, Egypt, Punishment
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Artists in Egypt work in a tense atmosphere
CAIRO — The Muslim women in Marwa Adel's photographs are shadows, repressed by custom, religion, marriage and regret. While nude, the figures are obscured by sepia scrims, scrawled upon with stifling words — as if their true selves may never...Tags: Fine Artists, Artists, Religion and Belief, Cairo (Egypt), Television Stations
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Iran's leader visits Cairo, easing long estrangement
CAIRO -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a red-carpet welcome and a kiss on the cheek by Egypt's new Islamist leader in a historic trip to strengthen relations between the two nations after decades of estrangement and suspicion. Iran...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Politics, Cairo (Egypt), Civil Rights, Religious Conflicts
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Thousands protest in Egypt after week of deadly riots
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.CAIRO -- Thousands of Egyptians protested Friday after a week of deadly riots that have shaken President Mohamed Morsi’s grip on the nation and spurred fears that fresh unrest may lead to economic collapse. [Updated at 12:45 p.m. Feb. 1: The...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Cairo (Egypt), Mohamed ElBaradei
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Iran arrests more than a dozen journalists
TEHRAN - More than a dozen journalists were arrested in Iran on Sunday and Monday, reportedly detained for ties to foreign Farsi-language outlets, according to Iranian media. The wave of arrests marks a new crackdown on the media in Iran, five months...
Tags: Elections, Tehran (Iran), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Journalism
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Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and...
Tags: Washington, DC, Interreligious Dialogue, White House, Politics, Cairo (Egypt)
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Egyptian human rights group says police abuses continue
CAIRO — An Egyptian human rights groups reported this week that torture and police brutality, which helped spark a national uprising two years ago, have continued under the new Islamist-led government. Over the course of 2011 and 2012, the...Tags: Justice and Rights, Hosni Mubarak, Cairo (Egypt), Politics, Civil Rights
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