A hair-raising kiss in Today in Pictures
Source: The Birmingham News
Leipzig :: Germany | updated 2013-05-18 23:56:20 -0700 | travel-news
Thoryk, 4, of Harveys Lake, salutes the Navy as they walk by during the Armed Forces Day Parade in Scranton Pa. Paul McCartney performs during the first U.S concert of his "Out There" tour, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Orlando,...
Today In History
Source: Taiwan News
Lüneburg :: Germany | updated 2013-05-15 18:53:41 -0700 | travel-news
Today is Thursday, May 23, 2013, the 143rd day of the year...Joan of Arc is captured near Compiegne, France, by Burgundians, who sell her to the English...The Communist Party of Indonesia is formed, the first such leftist organization to be...
Indonesia Becomes Latest Buyer of German Tanks
Source: Scoop
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-15 18:10:07 -0700 | travel-news
Indonesia Becomes the Latest Buyer of German Tanks In August 2012, reports emerged that Indonesia had made a deal with Germany to buy heavy tanks and infantry carriers, after the Dutch had demurred. The Indonesian Army has a long record...
The Farhud – the riots against the Jews of Iraq
Source: Jerusalem Post
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-15 13:12:28 -0700 | travel-news
The Farhud the riots against the Jews of Iraq 05/15/2013 22:13 What happened in the Arab countries was in effect ethnic cleansing. While the Nakba is marked every year with demonstrations and wide media coverage, the Jewish disaster does not...
LOCKED UP HISTORY: Law Bans WWII Hero's Nazi Gun From Museum Display
Source: Fox
Dachau :: Germany | updated 2013-05-15 10:16:26 -0700 | travel-news
Published May 15, 2013 FoxNews.com What's a military museum without firearms of yesteryear? Chicago Alderman Edward Burke introduced an ordinance last week that would allow museums in the Windy City to possess and display unloaded guns classified as curios or...
War in Europe comes alive in `Guns at Last Light'
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-15 07:49:17 -0700 | travel-news
the War in Western Europe, 1944-45" (Henry Holt), by Rick Atkinson Fruitless combat in places like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan can evoke a certain wistfulness for World War II. Often characterized as our last "good war," it combined a sense...
Allianz: Low rates to keep earnings under pressure
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Munich :: Germany | updated 2013-05-14 23:31:35 -0700 | travel-news
Germany Fewer natural disasters and higher prices in key markets of Germany, Turkey and Latin America have helped profits at German insurance company Allianz SE during the first quarter...Munich-based Allianz stayed with its forecast for 9.2 billion euros in earnings,...
Interislander ferry won't return to water today (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-13 10:57:41 -0700 | travel-news
Interislander ferry won't return to water today Matt Chatterton, Newstalk ZB May 14, 2013, 5:29 am It seems the Cook Strait ferry Aratere will remain off the water for at least another day. The ship has been stuck in Wellington...
Speed limit: German politician's campaign trail hits a bump as party member calls for speed limit on ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-13 02:35:47 -0700 | travel-news
The opposition centre-left Social Democratic Party have hit a bump in their campaign trail after its national chairman Sigmar Gabriel called for a national speed limit...Germany treasures its unrestricted autobahns that cover the country. Now the SPD's candidate for German...
River cruises: How to float all the way from Burma to Burgundy
Source: Mail Online UK
Passau :: Germany | updated 2013-05-12 14:21:48 -0700 | travel-news
12 May 2013 A river cruise must be the most relaxing way to take a touring holiday...Here are some of the most exciting to choose from: Good taste: A luxury Pandaw steamer on Burma's Irrawaddy river Bask in Burma Now...
Iran condemns use of chemical weapons: minister
Source: The Daily Star
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-12 10:19:27 -0700 | travel-news
Iran's foreign minister on Sunday condemned the use of chemical weapons and appeared to offer to mediate in the Syria crisis. "We condemn chemical weapons," Ali Akbar Salehi told Germany's Der Spiegel newsweekly in an interview published on Sunday. His...
Final book in World War II trilogy grim, depressing — and a terrific read
Source: Miami Herald
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-10 10:43:14 -0700 | travel-news
History Final book in World War II trilogy grim, depressing and a terrific read I've never felt such an overwhelming compulsion to plagiarize. But there's no better way to describe The Guns at Last Light the final volume of Rick...
Cruise passengers left high and dry for eight hours after ship gets stuck on sandbank
Source: Mail Online UK
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-09 05:53:18 -0700 | travel-news
The captain of a cruise ship carrying 136 passengers was left red-faced after managing to get stuck on a sandbank. The Lady Busum had landed on the beach near the small island of Trischen in Germany, but was left high...
Original of Historic Shot Doctored by Stalin Discovered
Source: Israel National News
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-09 01:26:24 -0700 | travel-news
The original of the image was recently discovered in the home of its Jewish photographer Yevgeni Khaldei, and was framed and put on display in the Moscow Jewish Museum.
Charges against striking soldiers dropped
Source: News 24
Heidelberg :: Germany | updated 2013-05-09 00:51:21 -0700 | travel-news
Union Buildings have been withdrawn, it was reported on Thursday. The charges were dropped on Wednesday at a pre-trial proceeding at the SA Army Gymnasium College, in Heidelberg, because of a lack of evidence, The New Age reported...Twenty other soldiers...
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