Historic June 6 events span wars and politics
On June 6, 1944 D Day opened the European front as Allied troops landed on Normandy beaches. Patrick Henry died in Virginia in 1799. The Young Men’s Christian Association began in London in 1844. In 1918 Marines fought at Belleau Wood, France. Chrysler founded in 1925. James Meredith wounded in 1966 Mississippi. Robert F. Kennedy died in 1968 in Los Angeles after being shot.
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Normandy
France
Patrick Henry
Red Hill Plantation
Tian Association
London
Belleau Wood
Walter Percy Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
James Meredith
Mississippi
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
World in Brief: Bombs, violence, disasters span region
A Sri Lankan bus bombing killed at least 21 and wounded 47 amid ongoing violence blamed on Tamil Tigers. A separate train blast in Colombo wounded 18. In Israel and Gaza, mortar fire and an airstrike killed a 6 year old girl, complicating truce efforts. Beichuan quake analysis cites shoddy construction and planning. In Zimbabwe, diplomats attacked by a Mugabe loyalist mob as aid groups halt operations. Myanmar condemns coverage of cyclone aftermath amid detentions of reporters and aid-access concerns.
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Gaza Strip
Hamas
Mahmoud Abbas
Gaza
Abbas
China
Beichuan
Wen Jiabao
Tangjiashan Lake
Tangjiashan
Xinhua
Wen
Robert Mugabe
U.S
Zimbabwe
Mugabe
Darfur Declared Crime Scene by UN Chief Prosecutor
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo told the Security Council that Darfur is a crime scene. He cited a report linking Sudan's state apparatus to crimes against humanity and criticized five years of impunity and lack of cooperation with the court to arrest indicted individuals.
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Darfur
U.N
International Criminal Court
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Security Council
Associated Press
Moreno Ocampo
Air Force leaders ousted in historic Gates shake-up
Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne after an internal report blamed a long decline in nuclear mission focus and performance. The plan called for a task force led by James Schlesinger to restore accountability and improve handling of nuclear weapons.
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Gates
Washington
Defense
Robert Gates
Pentagon
Michael Moseley
Michael Wynne
Taiwan
James Schlesinger
Wynne
Moseley
Kirkland Donald
Donald
Wynne and Moseley
Removal of Niagara Falls judge upheld for jailing 46
New York's Court of Appeals unanimously upholds the removal of Judge Robert Restaino, who in March 2005 jailed 46 people after a cell phone rang in his Niagara Falls court. The Commission on Judicial Conduct found he snapped during the session, and later released all detainees. He apologized, citing personal stress, and said his record otherwise stood. The court called punishing innocents inexcus able.
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Alain Robert
Spider-Man
New York Times
New York
Robert
Renaldo Clarke
Brooklyn
Albany
N.Y
Niagara Falls
State Commission On Judicial Conduct
Robert Restaino
Restaino
New York State Court of Appeals
Contact details and staff listings for Lawrence Journal-World
The Lawrence Journal World provides news tips contact options and staff emails for departments including Local News City Government County Kansas University Lawrence Schools Business Sports Arts and Entertainment as well as obituaries photo reprints and outside contacts. It lists editors managing editor assignment director editorial page editor sports editor entertainment editor and others with phone numbers and emails for inquiries and subscriptions.
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Danderson
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Drowbridge
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Agardner
Jworld
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Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
World.com Poll on Obama Kansas General Election Hopes
A world.com poll asks if Barack Obama can win Kansas in November. Readers vote yes no or don’t know and are directed to ljworld.com for more responses.
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Barack Obama
Kansas
Www
Ljworld.com
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