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    Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  1. Salvation Army steps in for released immigrants

    Humberto Abad Martinez, 53, left his home country of Honduras two months ago to travel to the United States in hopes of finding work.
    Staff Writer
    Humberto Abad Martinez, 53, left his home country of Honduras two months ago to travel to the United States in hopes of finding work. His journey included riding “the Beast,” a freight train that travels across Mexico and is notoriously...

    Tags: Immigration, Guatemala, Government Debt, Mexico, Honduras

    2. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Maj. Gen. John Borling writes poetry of survival

    For the better part of four years, Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling lived in a cell that was about 2<strong>1/2</strong> paces wide and 3<strong>1/2</strong> paces long. There were no windows and little ventilation, except for three small holes. One of the holes contained a naked light bulb that was always on, and another held a speaker that played a mixture of propaganda and foreign music, sometimes for hours on end. Worst of all, he was alone.
    For the better part of four years, Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling lived in a cell that was about 21/2 paces wide and 31/2 paces long. There were no windows and little ventilation, except for three small holes. One of the holes contained a naked light...

    Tags: Kenneth Clarke, Army National Guard, John F. Kennedy, Poetry, Hanoi (Vietnam)

    3. Apr 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. From Death March to Hell Ships

    In 1991, Jan Thompson attended a reunion of World War II veterans who were prisoners of war in the Philippines. She accompanied her father, one of those veterans.
    In 1991, Jan Thompson attended a reunion of World War II veterans who were prisoners of war in the Philippines. She accompanied her father, one of those veterans. "I was just dumbfounded at what I heard," she said. "I walked out saying, 'Why doesn't...

    Tags: Alec Baldwin, Jamie Farr, Gene Siskel, Ed Asner, Philippines

    4. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Myanmar opposition party meets in open to elect leaders

    NEW DELHI, India -- Myanmar&rsquo;s main opposition party led by Nobel laureate lawmaker Aung San Suu Kyi began three days of meetings in Yangon on Friday to elect leaders for the first time in its 25-year history.
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    NEW DELHI, India -- Myanmar’s main opposition party led by Nobel laureate lawmaker Aung San Suu Kyi began three days of meetings in Yangon on Friday to elect leaders for the first time in its 25-year history. The fact that the government allowed...

    Tags: Thein Sein, National Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Burma, Politics

    5. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Ralph K. 'Ken' Barnes, World War II POW

    Ralph K. "Ken" Barnes, a retired Koppers Co. manager who was a prisoner of war during the twilight months of World War II, died Saturday from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Cockeysville resident was 89.
    Ralph K. "Ken" Barnes, a retired Koppers Co. manager who was a prisoner of war during the twilight months of World War II, died Saturday from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Cockeysville resident was 89. The...

    Tags: Christianity, Realty, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Parkville, Germany

    6. Feb 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Palestinian prisoner death triggers West Bank protests

    JERUSALEM -- The sudden death of a 30-year-old Palestinian man being held in an Israeli jail sparked another day of protests and rioting across the West Bank on Sunday as fears heightened that Palestinian frustration levels are nearing a boiling point.
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    JERUSALEM -- The sudden death of a 30-year-old Palestinian man being held in an Israeli jail sparked another day of protests and rioting across the West Bank on Sunday as fears heightened that Palestinian frustration levels are nearing a boiling point....

    Tags: Heart Attack, Police Arrests, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Family

    7. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  7. WWII POW Carried No Hostility Toward Japanese Captors

    Baselio Zorzanello was a quiet hero of World War II, one of thousands of American troops who survived months in prisoner of war camps during World War II.
    The Hartford Courant
    Baselio Zorzanello was a quiet hero of World War II, one of thousands of American troops who survived months in prisoner of war camps during World War II. Like many veterans, he spoke of his experiences rarely and briefly. He dwelt mostly on the few...

    Tags: Malaria, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945), Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Japan

    8. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Belarus border guard reportedly sentenced over teddy bear drop

    A Belarusian border guard reportedly will spend two years behind bars for failing to tell his superiors about a Swedish plane that entered the country in July to make an air drop -- of teddy bears.&nbsp;<strong></strong>
    A Belarusian border guard reportedly will spend two years behind bars for failing to tell his superiors about a Swedish plane that entered the country in July to make an air drop -- of teddy bears.  Hundreds of plush bears with parachutes and protest...

    Tags: Politics, Prisons, Civil Rights, International Law, Punishment

    9. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Four ladies from Burma

    WASHINGTON -- When Burma's Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States.
    WASHINGTON -- When Burma's Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States. When she was released, Barack Obama was in the Oval Office. Zin Mar Aung says she...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Burma, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Barack Obama, Washington, DC

    10. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Guillermo Martinez: No matter what is said, rights abuses abound in Cuba

    For decades, the accusations of Cuban exiles about human rights abuses in Cuba have been questioned. It was 37 years ago when a local South Florida newspaper questioned Cuban exiles when they said the Castro regime held thousands of political...

    Tags: Amnesty International, Politics, Elections, Prisons, Trips and Vacations

    11. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  11. 'Working holidays' considered as recognition for S.D. veterans

    PIERRE – The state Senate has already given its OK for a new working holiday in South Dakota called Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. Now the state House of Representatives will weigh in on two more in recognition of groups of special veterans.  ...

    Tags: Parsley, Veterans Day, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, American Legion

    12. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Funeral scheduled for last of 28 wrongfully convicted in WWII riot

    Roy Laine Montgomery carried a quiet hurt and shame with him for 68 years, ever since the World War II veteran's country wrongly imprisoned him.
    Roy Laine Montgomery carried a quiet hurt and shame with him for 68 years, ever since the World War II veteran's country wrongly imprisoned him. He was one of 28 African-American soldiers falsely convicted in connection with the lynching of an Italian...

    Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Kendall Gill, World War II (1939-1945), Prisons

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