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		<title>June 5, 1944: D-Day eyewitnessed by MONITOR reporter, recounts invasion, paratroopers landing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the June 6, 1944 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
SHOT-BY-SHOT STORY FROM U.S.
CRUISER
Reporter, on bridge of warship jolted by exploding shells, dictates &#8216;the tale of the century&#8217; as it happens - Airplane-borne gliders paint myriad cloud pattern.
ON BOARD THE HEAVY CRUISER U.S.S. QUINCY, OFF FRANCE, June 7.
Delayed - This is a round-by-round story of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 7, 1985: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announces freeze on midrange missile deployment in Europe, his first major foreign policy initiative</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the April 9, 1985 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
 
Gorbachev seen as playing to European public opinion
Missile freeze coincides with US and Dutch visits
MOSCOW —
 
As a spring snow dusted Moscow, the Kremlin watched the flurry of reaction to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev&#8217;s first major foreign policy initiative. The weather may have been coincidental, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 6, 1994: Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana is shot down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the April 19, 1994 issue of The Christian Science Monitor

Rwanda&#8217;s Tragedy Plays Out in War-Torn Capital
HIGHLIGHT: Since the murder of its president on April 6, this tiny
Central African country has been plunged into violence, fueled
increasingly by ethnic rivalries. As the fighting rages, relief
agencies do what they can to avert starvation.KIGALI, RWANDA - A CROWD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 3, 1986: IBM introduces a portable laptop computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the April 3, 1986 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
 
IBM introduces laptop computer
 
New York
International Business Machines Corporation has introduced a portable laptop personal computer, months after it was expected by the industry.
The unit, called the IBM PC Convertible, differs from laptops already on the market in that it features a detachable display screen that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2, 1982: The Falkland Islands are invaded by Argentina after a longtime dispute with the UK over their sovereignty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the April 5, 1982 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
Diplomats race clock in Falklands showdown
Britain hopes dispatch of naval task force will halt Argentine invasion of colony
LONDON - 
Britain&#8217;s proclaimed readiness to go to war with Argentina to regain sovereignty over the Falkland Islands is part of a two-pronged military and diplomatic strategy to solve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 1, 1999: Nunavut becomes the newest, largest territory in Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the April 5, 1999 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
For Canada&#8217;s Inuits, this land is &#8216;our land&#8217;(Nunavut)
HULL, QUEBEC—   For the first time in 50 years, Canada has redrawn its map.
 
The vast unwieldy Northwest Territories has been divided in two to create a new territory, Nunavut.
 
&#8220;We have regained control of our destiny and will now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 31, 1951: The first UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer produced in the U.S., is delivered to the U.S. Census bureau</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the March 17, 1950 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
&#8216;Univac&#8217; Electronic Computer Acquired by Remington Rand
NEW YORK
     The &#8220;Univac&#8221; electronic computing machine, which can speedily solve almost any mathematical problem from simple business arithmetic to the most complex calculations in nuclear physics, actuarial statistics and astronomy has been added to the Remington Rand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 30, 1981: President Ronald Reagan is shot in an assassination attempt by gunman John Hinckley, Jr.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the April 1, 1981 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
Suspect in assassination attempt: gun-toting &#8216;loner&#8217;
 
WASHINGTON - 
As details about the background to John Warnock (Jack) Hinckley Jr. begin to emerge, they are not as yet sufficient to explain why the 25-year-old Coloradan would attempt to assassinate President Reagan.
According to a statement released by Mr. Hinckley&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 27, 1990: The U.S. begins broadcasting TV Marti to Cuba in an effort to breach the Castro regime&#8217;s information blackout</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the June 25, 1990 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
Testing period ends Today for TV Marti; Congress
Awaits Report From Bush
WASHINGTON—
RECENT Cuban exiles have testified to the strong impact on the island of five-year-old Radio Marti, the official United States broadcasts to communist Cuba. So television seemed like a &#8220;natural escalation,&#8221; says TV Marti director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 26, 2006: The military junta ruling Burma officially names Naypyidaw, a new city, as the new capital replacing Yangon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the October 31, 2007 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
Stumbling through Burma&#8217;s new capital
Hacked out of malarial jungle, Burma&#8217;s new capital is a medley of mammoth buildings and quiet zones, built by an army of poor laborers
When the deeply-rutted village tracks morphed into wide, paved, six-lane roads, I knew I was nearing Burma&#8217;s new [...]]]></description>
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