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A Murdered Ambassador, a Closed Embassy: The Tragic History of US Diplomacy in Afghanistan
9 months ago

A Murdered Ambassador, a Closed Embassy: The Tragic History of US Diplomacy in Afghanistan

The Diplomat  

February 14 marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of U.S. On Valentine’s Day in 1979, militants disguised as police officers abducted Dubs from his car and took him to the Kabul Hotel, an Afghan government property nestled within sight of the U.S. embassy. The closure of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on January 30, 1989, due to concerns about …

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Today in History: October 4, Soviets launch Sputnik, spark the Space Age
2 years, 2 months ago

Today in History: October 4, Soviets launch Sputnik, spark the Space Age

Associated Press  

Today in history: On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. Pope Paul VI delivers an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Oct. 4, 1965. This image made from television footage made in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Saturday Dec.1, 2001, shows John Walker Lindh at …

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Mendez makes it to space
2 years, 3 months ago

Mendez makes it to space

The Hindu  

Answer the following questions: 1) Who is the first Cuban cosmonaut? By being part of the Soyuz 38 mission in 1980, Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez achieved all these firsts, inscribing his name in space history forever. Interkosmos programme During the time Mendez was making his way up the Cuban Air Force, the Soviet Union had designed and formed the …

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How Russia’s Turkestan gift to China rewrote the history of Himalayas and compromised India’s security
2 years, 8 months ago

How Russia’s Turkestan gift to China rewrote the history of Himalayas and compromised India’s security

Firstpost  

History can’t be rewritten, but it is worth pondering, what if… What if Turkestan had been given independence by Russia, like Outer Mongolia? Military annexation of Xinjiang and the revolutionary changes On 1 October 1949, the new People’s Republic of China was proclaimed; during the following months, the new regime did not miss an opportunity to tell the world that …

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With Chernobyl capture, Putin has wound the clock 36 years back to Soviet story
2 years, 9 months ago

With Chernobyl capture, Putin has wound the clock 36 years back to Soviet story

India Today  

When the Russian forces hurriedly captured a relatively unguarded Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of the country on February 24, he took back the Great Russian Dream story 36 years back from where it all began. The protests over the disaster in Chernobyl nuclear plant, barely 150 km from Kyiv, the Ukrainian …

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CNN's Peter Bergen on the "dotted line" from Osama bin Laden to Donald Trump
3 years, 3 months ago

CNN's Peter Bergen on the "dotted line" from Osama bin Laden to Donald Trump

Salon  

There is America before 9/11 and America after 9/11. Ultimately, on 9/11 Osama bin Laden imposed his will on history. Bergen also recounts meeting Osama bin Laden and discusses how he became a force of history that changed the trajectory of America's future. Clearly Osama bin Laden also had millions of people around the world who responded positively to him. …

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The looking glass of history in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

The looking glass of history in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985. In his insightful book, The Great Game in Afghanistan: Rajiv Gandhi, General Zia and the Unending War, Kallol Bhattacherjee records that immediately after becoming the Soviet Union’s supreme leader, Mr. Gorbachev had met the Pakistani dictator in Moscow. Now, a new U.S. leader, President …

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Olympics History: Biggest scandals in Olympic Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympics History: Biggest scandals in Olympic Games

The Hindu  

In its rich history, the Olympics Games have seen meteoric highs and lows. Thorpe died in 1953, and the IOC reinstated his gold medals 30 years later, stating that a protest against Thorpe’s Olympics appearance was not made within 30 days of the 1912 Games. 1972: Black September in the ‘Cheerful Games’; Soviet robs a US gold The second week …

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Foreword eyes on Guangyuan
3 years, 6 months ago

Foreword eyes on Guangyuan

China Daily  

Standing on the Huangze temple, you can see the rolling Jialing River flowing through the city like a jade belt. This is Guangyuan..…… With rich tourism resources of great natural endowments and strong characteristics, Guangyuan is one of the regions with more than 4,000 years cultural heritage in Sichuan province, and is becoming one of the best destination of ecological …

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