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Encyclopaedia Britannica has published a new article about the 1995 Dayton Accords written by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the company said today. Â The article, about the agreement signed in Paris fourteen years ago today ending the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is now available on Britannica's Web sites.
PRINCE GEORGE - Claudie Grant Jr. already has a lengthy résumé: an undergraduate degree from Virginia Union University; a law degree from the Catholic University of America; a divinity degree from Howard University; an honorary doctorate from Virginia Un
By many accounts, San Diego federal court Judge Napoleon A. Jones Jr. was “a judge’s judge.” He had a cool-under-pressure temperament many viewed as an asset on the bench, a sharp intellect and a strong sense of fairness, friends and colleagues said.
The recession has not been kind to the theater community, according to Richard Mazda, the artistic director of the Secret Theatre in Long Island City.
President Barack Obama implored top bankers Monday to help keep the fragile recovery from faltering by boosting lending to small businesses and getting behind an overhaul of financial regulation. "We rise and fall together," he declared. The bankers said they... Barack Obama - Financial services - President of the United States - United States - Bank
A Clinton appointee will answer questions beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday.
[Next Saturday, Gov. Rick Perry will have served nine years in office. If Texas voters re-elect him in November, he will be on track for 14 years of service and would become one of the longest-serving governors in U.S. history.
AUSTIN -- El Paso's clout as a Democratic stronghold drew two major gubernatorial candidates to the city Sunday, each promising that they could tackle border issues.
VIENNA — Another year has passed in the world's standoff with Iran and North Korea over nuclear weapons, and the situation has only gotten worse.
NIKISKI, Alaska — Norm Olson’s genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government.
READING — More local voters headed to the polls yesterday than what was predicted, as Reading residents followed the lead of their counterparts across the state in choosing to back Martha Coakley and Scott Brown in the Democratic and Republican state primary election yesterday.
WASHINGTON - Christmas at the White House isn't for sissies. Take quantities that might work in a private home - guests, cookies, parties, cards, whatever - and add some extra zeros to get a feel for a White House-sized holiday season.
Prison life has been eased for convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid, boosting concerns about what will happen when President Barack Obama moves dozens of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees to U.S. soil.
In any circumstances President Obama’s speech would have been disturbing, but given in acceptance for the Nobel Peace prize it was deplorable. Full of internal inconsistencies, the speech was little more than a jingoistic defense of the institution of warfare.
Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel Prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics, advised presidents since John F.
A glimpse into Bill Clinton's sunroom.
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