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89Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Path of the World's Deadliest Stones-- A Book Review
a review of one of the first books to expose the tragedy of conflict diamonds.
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79German V1 and V2 Rockets in WWII
A few years after leaving high school - a stay at home young wife - boredom overtook me and because I like to read, I headed for the library. Over the next few years I was a frequent visitor to the libraries....
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78Visiting the astonishing Central Railroad Station, Antwerp, Belgium: masterpiece structure by Louis Delacenserie
Context and illusion speak volumes. Built in the years leading up to 1905, Louis Delacenserie's (1) extraordinary Neo-Renaissance structure, executed in stone, seems to be suggestive of a grand Eastern European synagogue or an opulent Orthodox...
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78Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper
A look at Kampfgruppe Peiper, an SS tank division that would be the spearhead of Hitler's assault through the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge.
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76The Best of Belgium - Its Cultural Diversity, the People and Places to Stay
Waiting for a bus ride @Antwerp (Photo taken by travel_man1971 aka Ireno Alcala or IAA on 21-26May2010) Travel Man @ one of Filipino Karaoke Bar in Antwerp (IAA) Filipinas @ Davaoenas Resto-Bar in Antwerp having all the laughs (IAA) Father Bago...
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75Mercedes The Polar Bear
Mercedes the Polar Bear arrived in Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland from Churchill, Manitoba in Canada in 1984. Believed to be three or four years old she was a ‘rescue’ bear in that she was a wild bear which had become a nuisance and was spending much...
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74BUYING ROUGH DIAMONDS IN BANGKOK
A CANDID LOOK AT THE ROUGH DIAMOND TRADE IN BANGKOK THAILAND. A FRUSTRATING WAY TO BUY.
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75Visiting the City Hall, Antwerp, Belgium: remarkable, Renaissance-style structure dating from the 16th century
Flag of Belgium Antwerp City Hall, Grote Markt, Antwerp This remarkable structure in Antwerp (Dutch: Antwerpen ) was commenced in 1561 and completed in 1564, during the reign of Spanish King Philip II, when what is now Belgium (Dutch: België ). ...
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74Visiting Antwerp, Belgium, and its Cathedral: a 16th century skyscraper tower looming over the Scheldt river
This remarkable building is a veritable skyscraper, 123 metres tall, from the 16th century. Hundreds of years on, its presence looms conspicuously over the Belgian city of Antwerp, in the Flemish region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest ) and the adjacent...
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73Deadliest No-Go Areas
WORLDS MOST SECURE PRISON Where: ADX Florence, Colorado Level of Security: The DX Florence is the US’s highest security prison and claims to be the most secure prison in the world. It’s where the worst of the worst are kept. The...
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