This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: CNN
June 25, 2010
A flag that accompanied Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry into their final battle 134 years ago will be put up for auction, the auction house that will handle the sale said Friday.
The flag that will be sold in October is tattered and fragile, measures 27½ by 33 inches and may be stained with blood. It was found three days after the Battle of Little Bighorn -- or the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek, as the victors called it -- beneath the body of one of Custer's men
Source: Telegraph (UK)
June 25, 2010
On the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, China has finally rewritten its history of how the conflict began to point the finger of responsibility at North Korea.
Until now, the Chinese have staunchly supported their North Korean allies, along whose side they fought in the war.
China previously insisted that the war was waged out of American aggression. The official title of the conflict on the mainland is "The War to Resist America and Aid Korea".
Source: EU Observer
June 22, 2010
Louis Michel, the Belgian former EU development commissioner and current prominent Liberal MEP has shocked his home nation and its one-time central African subjects by calling King Leopold II, the Congo's colonial master responsible for between 3 million and 10 million deaths, a "visionary hero."
"Leopold II was a true visionary for his time, a hero," he told P-Magazine, a local publication, in an interview on Tuesday. "And even if there were horrible event
Source: Deutsche Press
June 24, 2010
Archaeologists have discovered the well-preserved remains of a Roman road dating back to the first century in south- eastern Serbia, Belgrade media reported Thursday.
The Roman military road, or Via militaris, near the town of Dimitrovgrad used to connect the western parts of the Roman empire with the eastern parts, archaeologists said.
'This road was one of the main roads of the Roman empire,' archaeologist Miroslav Lazic told the Novosti daily.
'We are working
Source: Copenhagen Post
June 24, 2010
In what they describe as a ‘sensational’ discovery, archaeologists from Århus find the remains of 10th century king’s royal residence
After speculating for centuries about its location, the royal residence of Harald Bluetooth has finally been discovered close to the ancient Jelling complex with its famous runic stones in southern Jutland.
The remains of the ancient wooden buildings were uncovered in the north-eastern corner of the Jelling complex which consists of royal
Source: Irish Times
June 25, 2010
SUBMARINER, SAILOR and author Cdr Bill King is due to celebrate his 100th birthday with friends, family and neighbours in Oranmore, south Galway, today.
Cdr King, the oldest surviving submarine commander from the second World War, danced to a version of Cab Calloway’s Sweet Jenny Lee on his actual birthday two days ago at his home in Oranmore Castle.
“We had lamb on a spit, lobster, music,” his daughter, artist Leonie King, told The Irish Times. “He rose to the occasion
Source: Telegraph (UK)
June 25, 2010
Dozens of unwanted babies born during Roman times were murdered and buried on the site of a Roman brothel in Buckinghamshire, archaeologists suspect.
An extensive study of a mass burial at a Roman villa in the Thames Valley suggests that the 97 children all died at 40 weeks gestation, or very soon after birth.
The archaeologists believe that locals may have been killing and burying unwanted babies on the site in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire.
Unwanted pregnanc
Source: BBC News
June 25, 2010
A previously top secret intelligence-sharing agreement between Britain and America is being released to the public for the first time.
Until a few years ago, even the existence of the agreement was not acknowledged by the two governments.
Signed in 1946, it remains the basis for the sharing of intercepted communications between the countries.
Some of the material shared on the Soviet Union in the 1940s is also being released by the National Archives.
Source: BBC News
June 25, 2010
Fans across the globe are paying tribute to singer Michael Jackson on the first anniversary of his death at the age of 50.
Thousands of people are likely to gather at the Los Angeles cemetery where the musician is at rest, along with members of his family.
Jackson's mother Katherine is expected at the family home in Gary, Indiana, where tributes will be paid.
A monument has also been dedicated to the star at London's Lyric Theatre.
In New York,
Source: BBC News
June 25, 2010
"Sometimes I get a little annoyed," says Max Desfor.
He is a former Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and has been invited by the South Korean government to take part in commemorations marking the 60th anniversary of the start of the war.
"I ask anyone who'll listen - why do they celebrate the start of the war? They celebrate the start, of course, because it's never ending - it's still going on."
The US, which back
Source: AP
June 25, 2010
Lt. Col. George Custer and the men of his 7th Cavalry Regiment went into the Battle of the Little Bighorn with flags flying, but they were wiped out, and nearly all their military artifacts were carried away by the victorious Lakota Sioux warriors.
Since 1895, the silk American flag, called a guidon, has been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which has decided to sell it and use the proceeds to build its collection.
The guidon, discovered by Sgt. Ferdinand
Source: BBC
June 25, 2010
Ceremonies have been held in South Korea to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
In Seoul, President Lee Myung-bak paid tribute to veterans and called for peace on the peninsula.
North Korea has also marked the anniversary in state media.
On Tuesday it reaffirmed its position that the US provoked the war. On Thursday Pyongyang demanded $65 trillion (£43.5 trillion) in reparations from Washington.
It has also announced
Source: BBC
June 25, 2010
Supporters of an Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants are set to mark the fourth anniversary of his capture by holding rallies in Tel Aviv.
Gilad Shalit, 23, has been held in Gaza by Hamas militants who are demanding the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for his release.
Thousands are expected to rally outside the military headquarters in Tel Aviv calling for his release.
Sgt Shalit was captured in a raid into Israel by mil
Source: Telegraph (UK)
June 25, 2010
Archaeologists have discovered evidence to support the theory that St Peter was imprisoned in an underground dungeon by the Emperor Nero before being crucified.
The Mamertine Prison, a dingy complex of cells which now lies beneath a Renaissance church, has long been venerated as the place where the apostle was shackled before he was killed on the spot on which the Vatican now stands.
It been a place of Christian worship since medieval times, but after months of excavati
Source: Telegraph (UK)
June 25, 2010
On the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, China has finally rewritten its history of how the conflict began to point the finger of responsibility at North Korea.
Until now, the Chinese have staunchly supported their North Korean allies, along whose side they fought in the war.
China previously insisted that the war was waged out of American aggression. The official title of the conflict on the mainland is "The War to Resist America and Aid Korea".
Source: Telegraph (UK)
June 25, 2010
Dozens of unwanted babies born during Roman times were murdered and buried on the site of a Roman brothel in Buckinghamshire, archaeologists suspect.
An extensive study of a mass burial at a Roman villa in the Thames Valley suggests that the 97 children all died at 40 weeks gestation, or very soon after birth.
The archaeologists believe that locals may have been killing and burying unwanted babies on the site in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire.
Unwanted pregn
Source: AP
June 25, 2010
Details of the sweeping intelligence sharing pact struck between the United States and Britain at the dawn of the Cold War were made public for the first time Friday, laying bare the details of an unprecedented espionage arrangement.
The 1946 UKUSA agreement — a secret deal to not to spy on one another and to share nearly every single piece of radio intercept material — was a keystone of the United States' global intelligence-gathering apparatus, allowing it to pool its resources wi
Source: AP
June 25, 2010
An ethnic Hutu opposition candidate who hoped to run for president in Rwanda has been denied the right to appear on the ballot because of charges of denying the country's genocide, party officials said Friday.
Victoire Ingabire returned to Rwanda in January after 16 years, a return she says she made because the country needs an open discussion to promote reconciliation.
Ingabire's party and other opposition parties tried to demonstrate against Rwanda's electoral commiss
Source: AP
June 25, 2010
Authorities in Georgia have torn down a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in his birthplace of Gori to make way for a memorial to the fallen in the Russian-Georgian war of 2008.
Gori is just a few kilometers from the separatist enclave of South Ossetia, where Russian forces crushed the Georgian army in a brief conflict in August 2008.
Officials say the overnight dismantlement of the towering bronze statue, approved last week by the city's parliament, was spurred
Source: Civil War Preservation Trust
June 16, 2010
On Saturday June 26, 2010 — almost precisely 148 years after the battle fought there — living historians and preservationists will dedicate ahistorical marker on the Glendale Battlefield in Henrico County, Va. The property, recently acquired by Civil War Preservation Trust, is located along Long Bridge Road. The historical marker was constructed by Civil War Trails of Richmond, Va. and financed by the 69th Pennsylvania “Irish Volunteer” Civil War Reenactors Organization....
The mark
