Daniel Day-Lewis to play Abraham Lincoln in Spielberg film
November 20th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 20 (ANI): Daniel Day Lewis is set to play Abraham Lincoln in an upcoming biopic to be directed by Steven Spielberg.Variety reported that the director, who first signed ... Read more...
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Today is the Gettysburg address’ 147th anniversary
November 19th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today marks 147 years since America’s charismatic president, Abraham Lincoln gave the powerful speech at Gettysburg. The speech is one of the most famous in the ... Read more...
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Happy World Toilet Day!
November 19th, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Many people are aware the November 19 is the anniversary of the date in which President Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address, but it is also “World ... Read more...
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Nov 19, Anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
November 19th, 2010 - 10:54 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One hundred and forty-seven years ago today, on November 19, 1863, the sixteenth president of the Unites States of America gave his now famous Gettysburg Address at the ... Read more...
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Jaswant Singh committed ideological heresy (Comment)
August 19th, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
Just as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) idea of India is that of a Hindu nation and not a multicultural one, Jaswant Singh's interpretation of Mohammed Ali Jinnah's ... Read more...
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Obama train journey to kick off historic inauguration
January 17th, 2009 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 17 (DPA) Barack Obama was to embark Saturday on the first leg in a journey that will end with his inauguration as the United States' first African-American president Tuesday.Four days ... Read more...
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Malia Obama tells dad, First African-American president, better be good
January 16th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): US President-elect Barack Obama, who spared a few moments with major donors to his Presidential Inaugural Committee, shared a moment he had with his two daughters to ... Read more...
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Lincoln’s 200th birthday coincides with Obama inauguration
November 8th, 2008 - 9:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (DPA) In an ironic twist, the US will be celebrating the 200th birthday of president Abe Lincoln - the US leader who ended slavery - just weeks after the ... Read more...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.’’s I have a dream speech was near perfect rhetoric
July 26th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 26 (ANI): A professor of communication studies at Rowan University has hailed Martin Luther King, Jr.''s I have a dream speech delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs ... Read more...
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