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[History: 1750-1900]: NAM SUMMIT TO SEEK END TO ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
Jul 14th, 2009

SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), July 14 (Bernama) — Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) are expected to issue a “strong” declaration on the issue of Palestine, with Egypt playing the lead role soon after taking over the helm of the 118-member grouping during a summit which begins here Wednesday.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Star Gets His Own TV Series
    Jul 9th, 2009

    If you liked Jon Heder in “Napoleon Dynamite,” get ready to see much more of him in a Comedy Central series planned for next year.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: Thousands beheaded in French Revolution named online
    Jul 8th, 2009

    The names of thousands of people beheaded during the French Revolution are going online for the first time on Wednesday through Ancestry.co.uk.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: Napoleon’s chair found in storage
    Jul 6th, 2009

    A mahogany bergere chair believed to have been used by Napoleon Bonaparte is rediscovered at a museum in Kent.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: David Quigg: How Abraham Lincoln’s “Hot Letters ” Can Keep You From Going All Alice Hoffman
    Jul 2nd, 2009

    Today, just when I found myself musing that we can turn to Abraham Lincoln’s exemplary life and leadership to guide us through any dicey situation,…

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: Napoleon died of kidney failure: Danish doctor
    Jul 2nd, 2009

    Arne Soerensen, a retired Danish doctor, flips through thousands of pages of notes scribbled over 50 years of research and issues his diagnosis: Napoleon died of a kidney disease.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: Napoleon died of kidney failure: Danish doctor
    Jul 2nd, 2009

    Arne Soerensen, a retired Danish doctor, flips through thousands of pages of notes scribbled over 50 years of research and issues his diagnosis: Napoleon died of a kidney disease.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: Law firm and bank regret slave trade links 
    Jul 1st, 2009

    Investment bank Rothschild and top law firm Freshfields said on Wednesday they “greatly regretted” links between their 19th century founders and the slave trade.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: Napoleon artifacts on display in Philadelphia
    Jun 28th, 2009

    Almost two centuries after Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo, all many people may know about him is that he was short. Except he wasn’t, really.

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  • [History: 1750-1900]: Ian Robson: Ed’s Jack the Ripper criticism is a bit rich
    Jun 28th, 2009

    NICE to see former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie still breaking news stories . . . even if it was more than 120 years after the event.

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