Texas Republican senator urges Juneteenth emancipation holiday
June 19th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The proposed bill of the Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison would establish June 19th as Juneteenth.
The senator’s staff according to reports, do not believe ... Read more...
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South Carolina lawmaker Glenn McConnell defends ’slave garb’ picture
September 17th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The president of the South Carolina senate says that a photograph he took while wearing a military uniform used around the time of the US Civil War ... Read more...
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China equates Tibet to US Civil War
November 14th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov.14 (ANI): China has equated the unrest prevailing in Tibet to the US Civil War of the 1860s.In a special message for President Barack Obama, Beijing said he (Obama) is ... Read more...
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War, elections, fallen heroes: 1968 echoes in 2008
April 3rd, 2008 - 8:58 am ICT by admin
By Pat Reber
Washington, April 3 (DPA) The US in 1968: Short skirts, long hair, the Rolling Stones and half a million US troops fighting halfway around the world. Baby boomers who had ... Read more...
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