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How well do you know J.R.R. Tolkien? Take our quiz
There is more to J.R.R. Tolkien than just 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' Take this quiz to test your knowledge on the great scholar and storyteller.
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Leap Year: this day in the history of Feb. 29
We don’t mean to state the obvious, but Feb. 29 happens once every four years (usually) – and leap year is here again. That means a whole day's worth of news will tomorrow be added to this date's comparatively small archive.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 10/08
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Gallery: Controversial US Generals
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In Pictures: Britain's royal family
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Why Prince Harry meets US vets in Colorado (+video)
Britain's Prince Harry, a veteran combat helicopter pilot, met Saturday with military vets competing in the Paralympic-style Warrior Games in Colorado.
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Britain to remove last troops from Germany in 2019
In a legacy of the cold war, Britain still maintains 20,000 troops in Germany. It's now accelerating troop withdrawals.
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Talking about love: Valentine's Day tales from around the world
From love-letter scribes for hire in Mexico to the perfect place to escape romantic expectations in Japan, Valentine's Day takes many different forms.
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New nation, new love: Israel's first soldiers forged lasting bonds on the frontlines
Many of the fighters in Israel's most elite pre-independence fighting unit, the co-ed Palmach, fell in love and formed unions that have lasted to this day.
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N. Irish police involved in Belfast lawyer's 1989 murder, says report
Today's report said Northern Irish police colluded in a loyalist paramilitary's murder of high-profile lawyer Patrick Finucane, though it did not find an 'overarching state conspiracy.'
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The Daily Reckoning Is there such a thing as too much energy?
Government moves energy from the future to the past, Bonner writes, from what will be to what used to be, and finally, to what will be no more.
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Horizons Bram Stoker books: How 'Dracula' created the modern vampire
Before there was 'Twilight' or 'True Blood,' there was Bram Stoker. Books like 'Dracula' defined the genre for a century to come.
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How well do you know J.R.R. Tolkien? Take our quiz
There is more to J.R.R. Tolkien than just 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' Take this quiz to test your knowledge on the great scholar and storyteller.
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Walking the Amazon
Ed Stafford walked the length of the Amazon, a feat the experts assured him was impossible.
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Pregnant soldier gives birth to baby boy in Afghan combat zone (+video)
Pregnant soldier: A British servicewoman became a mother Tuesday at Afghanistan's Camp Bastion, in the first instance of an active member of the British military giving birth in a combat zone.
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Global News Blog The tender poetry of... the Taliban?
Since the Soviet occupation, Islamist fighters have used poetry to express their passions, doubts, and determination. 'The Poetry of the Taliban' was released in the US this week.
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Leap Year: this day in the history of Feb. 29
We don’t mean to state the obvious, but Feb. 29 happens once every four years (usually) – and leap year is here again. That means a whole day's worth of news will tomorrow be added to this date's comparatively small archive.
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Jerusalem: The Biography
Chronicling the world's holiest city
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Death comes again to Iraq's 'Mother of all Battles' mosque
The Baghdad mosque, where 28 people were killed in a suicide bombing Sunday, is tied to some of the biggest failures, and a few of the successes, of post-Saddam Iraq.
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In Ireland, Queen Elizabeth writes new chapter with visit to Bloody Sunday site
Queen Elizabeth has visited Croke Park Stadium, scene of the Bloody Sunday massacre, and the Garden of Remembrance. Both sites honor republicans who fought the British for independence.
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How will Ireland greet Queen Elizabeth's historic visit?
On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II will become the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland. Ireland's prime minister characterized the trip as evidence of a 'growing up' of two peoples.
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On Libya, Obama fails the 3 a.m. test. What would President Hillary Clinton have done?
Would President Hillary Clinton have waited weeks to come to the aid of Libya's freedom fighters?
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Washington: A Life
America’s first president emerges from this marvelous biography an admirable, flawed, and very human figure.
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France and Britain forge new path with defense treaty
France and Britain inked a defense treaty Tuesday that will allow sharing of nuclear secrets and the creation of a rapid-reaction force. President Sarkozy called the accord 'unprecedented.'
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 10/08
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Prince Harry throws out first pitch at New York Mets game
Prince Harry fired an unrecognizable pitch (but a pitch) to begin the Mets - Twins game on Saturday.
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Prince Harry visiting US Army cadets at West Point
Prince Harry will join cadets training at the U.S. Military Academy on Friday as he starts a three-day visit to New York.
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Gallery: Controversial US Generals
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Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
A Christian Science perspective.
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In Pictures: Britain's royal family
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