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Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War I did not know about this one, but apparently we also remember victims of World War II this day (8th and 9th May actually).
It’s Europe Day! 62 years ago today, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented the idea and plan to create a supranational European community. This event, commonly known as “The Schuman Declaration”, is considered as the birthday of the European Union.
Some Syria violence amounts to civil war: Red Cross Fighting has been so intense in parts of Syria that at times the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has qualified as a localized civil war, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday.
PUTIN’S INAUGURATION: SATIRE AND VIOLENCE “If he completes his six-year term, Mr Putin will be the longest serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin” /BBC/
United Nations: US Must Return Stolen Land to Native Americans UN wraps up ‘contentious study’ of Native American communities – Common Dreams staff Far from joking about this, I hope no-one will misunderstand, but every time I read about this, it makes me think about “The Indians in the Lobby” from The West Wing. JOSH: I was just coming to see you. Did you hear about the two Indians in the lobby? LEO: One of them wants to become a rabbi? JOSH: It’s not a joke, they’re really… Nevermind. 🙂 But seriously, it’s a really good episode about this same…
I loved how her dress was matching the signs. And the speech was really good too… think-progress: 14,000 people showed up to see Obama (and the First Lady) at his first campaign rally.
I think that one of these days you’re going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you’ve got to start going there. J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via bookmania)
