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Blood Diamond: Beyond the Bloodshed | Video
Blood Diamonds reveals the history behind conflict diamonds.
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Blood Diamond: War Crimes | Video
A closer look at a camp comprised of war victims.
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Blood Diamond: A Diamond in the Hand | Video
Blood Diamonds takes a closer look at the mining conditions of conflict diamonds.
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Blood Diamond: Edward Zwick: Dorector | Video
Edward Zwick provides insight into the violence inflicted on those working in African diamond mines.
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Blood Diamond: Lovoetta Freeman: A Personal… | Video
A former child soldier and a war victim share personal stories.
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Battle of Blood River | Topic
(Dec. 16, 1838), battle between the Zulu and the Voortrekker Boers on the Ncome River, a tributary of the Buffalo (Mzinyathi) River, in Southern Africa.
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Sierra Leone | Topic
country of western Africa. The country owes its name to the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra, the first European to sight and map Freetown harbour.
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Liberia | Topic
country along the coast of western Africa. Liberia's terrain ranges from the low and sandy coastal plains to rolling hills and dissected plateau further inland.
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Black Death | Topic
The Black Death killed almost one-third of Europe's population in the late 1340s and early 1350s.
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Bernard Law Montgomery | Topic
Montgomery was indisputably Britain's greatest soldier since Wellington.
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Blackfoot | Topic
group of three closely related Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribes, comprising the Piegan, or Pikuni, the Blood, or Kainah, and the Siksika, or Blackfoot-proper (often referred to as the Northern Blackfoot).
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Singapore | Topic
city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 85 miles (137 kilometres) north of the Equator. It consists of the diamond-shaped Singapore Island and some 60 small islets; the main island occupies all but about 18 square…
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Topic
Jackie Kennedy Onassis, the wife of John F. Kennedy, was an iconic first lady.
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Reaction to 9/11 | Topic
After the 9/11 attacks, Americans came together in mourning and anger, joining hands, waving flags and lending support.
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Marie-Antoinette | Topic
The wife of French king Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette became a symbol of the monarchy's decadence and was executed during the French Revolution.
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William Pitt, the Elder | Topic
(born November 15, 1708, London—died May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent, England) British statesman, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68), who secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power.
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Botswana | Topic
country in the centre of Southern Africa. The territory is roughly triangular—approximately 600 miles (965 km) from north to south and 600 miles from east to west—with its eastern side protruding into a sharp point.
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Aspirin | Topic
derivative of salicylic acid that is a mild, nonnarcotic analgesic useful in the relief of headache and muscle and joint aches. Aspirin is also effective in reducing fever, inflammation, and swelling and thus has been used for treatment of…
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Jersey Act | Topic
resolution passed in 1913 by the English Jockey Club and named after its sponsor, Victor Albert George, 7th Earl of Jersey, one of the club stewards.
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Thirty, Battle of the | Topic
(March 27, 1351), episode in the struggle for the succession to the duchy of Brittany between Charles of Blois, supported by the King of France, and John of Montfort, supported by the King of England.
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R.W. Sears | Topic
Richard Warren Sears was an American merchant who developed his mail-order jewelry business into the huge retail company Sears, Roebuck.
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Angola | Topic
country located in southwestern Africa. A large country, Angola takes in a broad variety of landscapes, including the semidesert Atlantic littoral bordering Namibia's “Skeleton Coast,” the sparsely populated rainforest interior, the…
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Orange Order | Topic
an Irish Protestant and political society, named for the Protestant William of Orange, who, as King William III of Great Britain, had defeated the Roman Catholic king James II.
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Ryobu Shinto | Topic
in Japanese religion, the syncretic school that combined Shinto with the teachings of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. The school developed during the late Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura (1192–1333) periods.
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Cold War | Topic
The rivalry between the United States and the USSR, known as the Cold War, began after World War II and ended with the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Mexico | Topic
A country rich in history, tradition and culture, Mexico is made up of 31 states and one federal district.
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Passover | Topic
One of the Jewish religion's most sacred and widely observed holidays, Passover commemorates the story of the Israelites' departure from ancient Egypt.
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Valentine's Day | Topic
This holiday celebrates love, romance and the story of St. Valentine.
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Yom Kippur | Topic
Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is considered the most important holiday in the Jewish faith.
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Why Did the Dinosaurs Die Out? | Topic
Most paleontologists believe a comet, meteor or asteroid crashed into the earth some 65.5 million years ago, resulting in the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs and many other animal species.
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Nürnberg Laws | Topic
two race-based measures depriving Jews of rights, designed by Adolf Hitler and approved by the Nazi Party at a convention in Nürnberg on September 15, 1935.
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Joseph | Topic
(born June 6, 1714, Lisbon—died Feb. 24, 1777, Lisbon) king of Portugal from 1750 to 1777, during whose reign power was exercised by his minister, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de Pombal.
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Namibia | Topic
country located on the southwestern coast of Africa. It is bordered by Angola to the north, Zambia to the northeast, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the southeast and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
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Westward Expansion | Topic
The westward expansion of the United States is one of the defining themes of 19th-century American history.
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Winston S. Churchill | Topic
British statesman Winston Churchill was a writer, orator and formidable military strategist. He is best known for leading the Allies to victory in World War II.
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Belgium | Topic
country of northwestern Europe. It is one of the smallest and most densely populated European countries, and it has been, since its independence in 1830, a representative democracy headed by a hereditary constitutional monarch.
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Joan Baez | Topic
(born Jan. 9, 1941, Staten Island, N.Y., U.S.) American folksinger and political activist who interested young audiences in folk music during the 1960s.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | Topic
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory burned down in 1911, killing 145 workers and raising awareness of dangerous factory conditions.
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Central African Republic | Topic
landlocked country located in the centre of Africa. The area that is now the Central African Republic has been settled for at least 8,000 years; the earliest inhabitants were the probable ancestors of today's Aka (Pygmy) peoples, who live in the…
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Michael DeBakey | Topic
(born Sept. 7, 1908, Lake Charles, La., U.S.—died July 11, 2008, Houston, Texas) American cardiovascular surgeon, educator, international medical statesman, and pioneer in surgical procedures for treatment of defects and diseases of the…
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Cecil Rhodes | Topic
(born July 5, 1853, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, Eng.—died March 26, 1902, Muizenberg, Cape Colony) financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa.
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Reformation | Topic
the religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century; its greatest leaders undoubtedly were Martin Luther and John Calvin.
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Berenice I | Topic
(flourished c. 317–c. 275 BCE) queen of ancient Egypt, wife of Ptolemy I Soter, and mother of Arsinoe II and Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
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Edgar | Topic
(born c. 1075—died Jan. 8, 1107, Edinburgh, Scot.) king of Scots from 1097, eldest surviving son of Malcolm III Canmore and Queen Margaret (granddaughter of King Edmund II of England) and thus the first king of the Scots to unite Celtic and…
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1944 Election | Topic
By the beginning of 1944, in the middle of World War II, it was clear that President Franklin D. Roosevelt planned to run for a fourth term, and this shaped the coming campaign.
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Furies | Topic
in Greco-Roman mythology, goddesses of vengeance. They were probably personified curses, but possibly they were originally conceived of as ghosts of the murdered.
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George Smith Patton | Topic
(born November 11, 1885, San Gabriel, California, U.S.—died December 21, 1945, Heidelberg, Germany) U.S. Army officer who was an outstanding practitioner of mobile tank warfare in the European and Mediterranean theatres during World War II.
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Serbia | Topic
Serbia is a country in the west-central Balkans. For most of the 20th century, it was a part of Yugoslavia. The capital of Serbia is Belgrade (Beograd), a cosmopolitan city at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
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Athena | Topic
in Greek religion, the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by the Romans with Minerva (q.v.). She was essentially urban and civilized, the antithesis in many respects of Artemis, goddess of the outdoors.
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Brooklyn Bridge | Topic
The Brooklyn Bridge looms majestically over New York City's East River, linking the two boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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