92 year old former Nazi Waffen SS member goes on trial
Dutch-born Siert Bruins, 92, a former Waffen SS member now in Germany, faces trial in Hagen for the 1944 killing of Dutch resistance fighter Albert Klaas Dijkema. His age limits proceedings to short sessions as prosecutors weigh charges that could carry life imprisonment.
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Siert Bruins
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Ohio
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Dpa
Kniffka
Russia
Netherlands
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Sicherheitspolizei
Security Police
Albert Klaas Dijkema
Appingedam
Dijkema
August Neuhaeuser
Mexico leader pushes education reform amid protests
President Enrique Pena Nieto used his state-of-the-nation address to push a reform package for mandatory teacher evaluations and a competitive hiring system. Protests by teachers blocked core transit routes and occupied the capital as Senate approval loomed, while critics questioned the reform’s scope and impact on growth and public schooling.
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Pena Nieto
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Mexico
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House of Deputies
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Michoacan
Melchor Roman
Los Pinos
Lava lamps celebrate 50 years of groovy glow in Britain
The lava lamp, created by Edward Craven-Walker, hits Britain 50 years ago this week and has become a lasting symbol of 1960s style. Crestworth and later Mathmos keep making the iconic lamps in Britain while U S rights are held by Hagerty Enterprises.
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Mathmos
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Mathmas
U.S
Haggerty Enterprises Inc
Elk Grove Village
Illinois
Granger
Anthony Voz
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