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The hero who didn't die young
Sargodha :: Pakistan | 1 month ago
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Alam died recently, without ever meeting me, or even hearing about me and his influence over me or anyone at all. He had lost much of his shine by the end and so they used the epithet of national hero' one last time in the news media and buried the
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National hero status again demanded for Sarabha
Mumbai :: India | 3 months ago
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At a function organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) to pay homage to the Gadar Party hero at his native village, resolutions were adopted demanding that two universities be named as Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha University and
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Bulgaria Bows to National Hero Vasil Levski 140 Y after His Death
Karlovo :: Bulgaria | 3 months ago
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Bulgaria commemorates Tuesday the 140th anniversary of the death of its national hero, freedom -fighter and revolutionary Vasil Levski . Levski was sentenced to death by an Ottoman court and hanged in Sofia on February 18 (February 6 old style), 1873.
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Miles for Marley - Silent Majority founder campaigns for Bob's national hero status
Spanish Town :: Jamaica | 4 months ago
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After doing warm-up walks of a mere (by his standards) 33 kilometres from Ocho Rios, St Ann, to Port Maria, St Mary, then from Port Maria to Kingston, he started walking for causes. In the run-up to the 2007 general election, his solo barefooted walk
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The Iron Dome makes ex-Israeli defence minister Amir Peretz a national hero
Ex-Israeli defence minister Amir Peretz has been awarded by the Gaza City Council in the Ashdod City Hall for the development of the Iron Dome anti-missile defence system which has been 88% successful to repel rocket attacks on Israel.
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All-island walk halted - Trek stopped after team member develops blisters on his feet
Port Maria :: Jamaica | 10 months ago
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However, those plans came to a screeching halt on Tuesday after one member of the Tacky Heritage Group, Derrick 'Black X' Robinson, who walked from St Mary to Montego Bay barefooted, developed blisters on the soles of his feet. The walk began last
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Bulgaria Marks Birthday of National Hero Levski
Levski :: Bulgaria | 10 months ago
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File Photo Bulgaria marks Wednesday 175 years since the birth of the "all-time greatest Bulgarian" Vasil Levski . Vasil Levski was the nickname of Vasil Ivanov Kunchev (18 July 1837-18 February 1873), a Bulgarian revolutionary renowned as the
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Manley bust to help sell Brand Jamaica
Kingston :: Jamaica | 10 months ago
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The move, the airport explained, was in keeping with the mandate of its umbrella organisation. Alfred McDonald, senior director of commercial development and planning at the AAJ, voiced the same sentiment and said the event was a great accomplishment.
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St Mary remembers Tacky
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 year ago
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St Mary Parish Library has observed a 'Day in Honour of Tacky'. On Tuesday, May 8, for the eighth time, the day was observed at Claude Stuart Park in Port Maria, St Mary. Tacky was taken from Ghana, where he was a Coromantee chief, and brought to
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'Sully' Sullenberger on being a national hero and making a difference
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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When Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger safely landed a disabled US Airways jet in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009, some said the rescue came out of the blue. But Sullenberger disagrees with that premise, insisting that three generations of
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