Today in History May 12 milestones from 1949 to 2008
Notable events include the Soviet lifting of the Berlin Blockade in 1949, Katharine Hepburn's 1907 birth in Hartford, Lindbergh Jr. case in 1932, King George VI's 1937 coronation, 1943 Axis surrender in North Africa, 1958 NORAD pact, and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that killed about 70,000 people.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Katharine Hepburn
Hartford
Conn
Charles Lindbergh Jr
Charles
Anne Lindbergh
Hopewell
N.J
Britain
George VI
Westminster Abbey
North Africa
United States
Canada
North American Air Defense Command
North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORAD
China
Sichuan
World in Brief confrontations spark refugee crisis in Pakistan
Hundreds of thousands flee fighting in a northwestern valley as the army clashes with Taliban militants. The U N reports at least 360 000 displaced since May with many in parched camps. The U S pledges 4.9 million in aid amid rising domestic concern over the offensive.
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Washington
U.S
U.N
U S journalist freed reunites with parents
Roxana Saberi a 32 year old dual Iranian American citizen was released from an Iranian jail after four months of espionage charges. Her reunion with her parents follows U S pressure and highlights Iran’s domestic politics ahead of Ahmadinejads re election bid.
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Iran
Barack Obama
U.S
Middle East
United States
Roxana Saberi
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Sergeant fatally shoots five soldiers at Iraqi clinic
An American Army sergeant killed five fellow soldiers after an altercation at a military counseling center in Iraq. The incident at Camp Liberty near Baghdad triggered concerns about combat stress and morale amid long war deployments. The assailant, disarmed earlier, returned with a weapon and was captured after the 2 p.m. shooting.
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Iraq
Washington
Afghanistan
U.S
Camp Liberty
Baghdad
Obama replaces top Afghanistan general amid tougher war
President Obama ousted Gen. David McKiernan in favor of Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal as insurgency worsens. The move aims at a broader strategy combining special forces, counterinsurgency, and nonmilitary efforts, with 21 000 additional troops already approved but a reminder that military means alone cannot win.
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Washington
Barack Obama
U.S
Afghanistan
Obama
David McKiernan
Stanley McChrystal
McKiernan
Defense
Robert Gates
Pentagon
McChrystal
Taliban
Pakistan
George W. Bush
Gates
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Mike Mullen
McKier
Nan
David Petraeus
White House
Iraq
United States
Bush
Mullen
Amphibian rescue project targets chytrid fungus threat
The Smithsonian and six partners launch the Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project to raise 1.5 million dollars. Researchers will work in Central America including a Panama area untouched by the disease to test skin bacteria as a defense against chytrid, which endangers about 6,000 known amphibian species with 122 believed extinct in 30 years.
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Washington
U.S
Panama
Mexico
Central America
Smithsonian Institution
Karen Lips
University of Maryland
Lips
Brian Gratwicke
Smithsonian
United States
James Madison University
Virginia
Contact details and newsroom staff for Journal-World
The Lawrence Journal-World provides a contact list with newsroom numbers and emails for local and outside Lawrence audiences. It includes departments such as news, city and county government, KU, schools, sports, arts, obituaries, health, transportation, and photo reprints. Staff contacts include Dennis Anderson, Caroline Trowbridge, Ann Gardner, Tom Keegan, Jon Niccum, Terry Rombeck, Jonathan Kealing, and partners 6News and Mediaphormedia with respective emails and numbers.
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Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Poll on Weed Control and Recycling Opportunities
A reader poll from LiWorld asks if users prefer chemicals or natural methods for lawn weed control. It notes Monday's poll asking about recycling opportunities and states the winner was No, with LiWorld.com prompting further votes.
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Germany
John Demijanjuk
Celchair
Aomany
Demjanjuk
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Federal
Khalid Bahhar
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Munich
Sobibor
Poland
Jerusalem
Pontiff
Benedict XVI
Vatican
Israel
Holy Land
Ben
Gurion International
Benedict
Yad Vashem
Old City
Jerusi
Akistan
Freed
David Guttenfelder
U.S. Army
26Th Infantry
Restrepo
Korengal
Kunar
Zachery Boyd
Fort Worth
Texas
Jordan Custer
Spokane
Wash
Cecil Montgomery
Louisiana
Brett Zongker
Associated Press
LAW
7Som Journal-World
N.H
News Partners
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Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Jworld
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Ljworld.com
Hau
Today’s
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LiWorld.com
Kansas
LMH
John Clark
Lawrence Neurology Specialists
ConnectCare
Lmh.org
Ospital
Maine
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