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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that authorizes more than 1,000 additional military and police personnel for the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. The resolution follows up on a request by the U.N. secretary-general in January for another 1,030 peacekeepers to …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – An American professor at a university in the United Arab Emirates was one of two people killed when their bicycles were hit by a car in the city of Sharjah, north of Dubai. The American University of Sharjah said Tuesday that associate professor of history …

I always wondered just how long it took after Abraham Lincoln was shot before they had the first “Abraham Lincoln’s Day Sale.” I suspect not long. I fear we’ve done much the same with Memorial Day (search). It’s now more prone to remember the sales and barbecues, than the sweat …