Romusha
The term romusha, literally a person (sha) on labor (ro) duty (mu), was widely used in Southeast Asia by Japanese occupying forces during World War II. Avoiding the pejorative term "coo...
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Struggling NBC is expected to oust its top entertainment executive, Kevin Reilly, and replace him with the man who helped bring "The Office" and "Ugly Betty" to American television, an executive cl...
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Up at SEIU Local 1199's auditorium on West 43rd Street, a packed auditorium of union healthcare workers hollered and danced to an upbeat soundtrack of funk and salsa, played so loud the bass vibrat...
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The Arab League on Wednesday picked Egypt and Jordan to take the lead in approaching Israel to promote the Saudi-drafted peace plan in a bid to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Israel has p...
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About 90 minutes after Agnieszka Radwanska became a national story, she was in the player’s dining room telling two adoring young ladies what she had for breakfast.
“Let’s see,...
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Phnom Penh (dpa) - Although 79 foreigners and hundreds more
Vietnamese prisoners of war are known to have died in Pol Pot's
secret prison, the real toll is even grimmer, two...
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Phnom Penh (dpa) - Although 79 foreigners and hundreds more
Vietnamese prisoners of war are known to have died in Pol Pot's
secret prison, the real toll is even grimmer, two...
Read more
For any hip hop head, the mere mention of Cleveland, Ohio sparks thoughts of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, the rapid-spitting foursome of the mid-nineties who were bred in the Cleve streets, and who helped...
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3:10 TO YUMARunning time 117 minutesWritten by Halsted Welles, Michael Brandt and Derek HaasDirected by James MangoldStarring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda
James Mangold’s 3:10 t...
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East Java, Indonesia (dpa) - Newborns are supposed to brighten a
family's home, making parents smile even when they hear the baby cry.
Some families are not so luck...
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The crowded, bustling, upwardly mobile Beijing the world will see 10 months from now during the eagerly awaited Olympic games is a far cry from the one I knew 60 years ago.Back in 1947, I spent an ...
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Romusha
Reilly expected to lose job at NBC
