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Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships
For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...
Tags: Annapolis, NATO, Armed Conflicts, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan
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Feds: Father, son conspired to export banned machinery to North Korea
Tagged by U.S. authorities in 2009 for his role in a North Korean weapons procurement channel, Taiwanese businessman Hsien Tai Tsai "Alex" Tsai was banned from doing business in the United States. But in a federal criminal complaint unsealed Monday in a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Weaponry, International Law, Extradition, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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A novel about a missing twin
"The Tin Horse" by Janice Steinberg, Random House, 340 pages, $26. Elaine and Barbara Greenstein are twins. They lived in Boyle Heights, a Jewish neighborhood of Los Angeles. When they are 18 Barbara runs off. Although their parents hire a private...Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief
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Hong Kong shakes, Estonia charges and a celebrity mom pops
Hong Kong residents experienced the effects of an earthquake nearby. Meanwhile, the Internet is coldly ignoring Baltimore's lack of an NBA team today, heartlessly blabbing on about the league's just-passed trade deadline. Welcome to your online trends...
Tags: Danica Patrick, Philadelphia 76ers, National Basketball Association, Charles Jenkins, Natural Disasters
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Foreign government offices
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...Tags: United Nations, Morocco, Culture, Armenia, Tanzania
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A look at countries where women are in combat
From France's Joan of Arc to female resistance fighters in World War II and the black-clad women warriors of the Viet Cong, history is filled with stories of women fighting alongside men. In many modern armies, however, ground infantry combat is still...Tags: Military Equipment, Emergency Incidents, Israel, Baltic Region, Iraq
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Estonian Twitter tirade caused by Paul Krugman becomes an 'opera'
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman caused an angry Twitter tirade last year from Estonia's president, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, concerning the efficacy of the country's economic reforms. Now the electronic spat has been turned into a 16-minute vocal...Tags: Entertainment, Music, The New York Times, Twitter, Inc., Nobel Prize Awards
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Estonian black comedy enters Oscar race
VarietyMOSCOW -- Helmer Toomas Hussar's debut feature "Mushrooming," a black comedy of modern political and celebrity manners, is Estonia's nomination for foreign language Oscar consideration. The film, which takes satirical aim at political corruption, the...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Academy Awards, Culture
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Riga to host new film festival: Event set up as 'homage' to Arsenals fest
VarietyLONDON -- Five months after one of Eastern Europe's oldest film festivals closed down after longterm funding was pulled, a new three-day event has been secured in Riga, Latvia. The Film Festival Riga, which will run Sept. 10-12, has been established to...Tags: Bulgaria, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Warsaw (Poland), Russia
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City grad and Terps wing Nick Faust set to hoop abroad
The Baltimore SunCity grad and Maryland sophomore guard Nick Faust has been selected to play for the East Coast All Stars that will compete in the Four Nations Cup in Estonia this week. Calvert Hall coach John Bauersfeld will serve as an assistant coach under Lycoming...Tags: Entertainment, Czech Republic, Gaming
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The latest Twitter spat: Estonia vs. Paul Krugman?
World NowTwitter went atwitter Wednesday over a somewhat surprising spat: The President of Estonia apparently slamming New York Times columnist Paul Krugman as “smug, overbearing & patronizing.” Estonia enjoys a budget surplus after enduring harsh... -
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