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The UN Secretary General Crafting A Global Strategy to Defeat Terrorism: What Strategy?

US President Obama in Kuala Lumpur Vows to Defeat Terrorism

"In that regard, we need to unite. We need to show global solidarity to address the common enemy of ISIL, Daesh, some other extremists and terrorist groups ... [we] highly commended the leadership of the Russian Federation together with the United States to address some of the root causes of terrorism," the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said, during the Annual East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, calling on Russia and the United States to join their efforts to combat terrorism.

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Revolutionary Cuban Leader Fidel Castro dies at 90.

Jan. 8, 1959 Associated Press file photo; Cuba's Fidel Castro speaks at the Batista military base "Columbia," now known as Ciudad Libertad, in Cuba.

Fidel Castro, the former Revolutionary leader of Cuba has died. The news was announced by his brother Raoul Castro, the current leader of Cuba.

"The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening," President Raul Castro said on Friday, November 25, 2016.

President Raoul Castro said, in a message to the Cuban nation the nation broadcasted on state television that Fidel Castro had died and will be cremated on Saturday, November 26,

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Colombia Opponents Try Again to End Longest Running War in the Americas: A Model for African Conflicts?

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Is the longest running war in the Americas finally ending? Six weeks after the previous deal was rejected by the popular vote, the two opponents , Colombia’s government and the largest rebel group in the country, known as

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wins Nobel Prize for His Efforts To End Longest Running War in the Americas: A Role Model for African Leaders?

FARC leader Timochenko and Colombia President Santos shake hands at the Peace agreement ceremony in Cuba in Sept. 2016

The longest running war in the Americas was supposed to end last week. Unfortunately, Colombians narrowly rejected the deal in a vote on Oct 2, 2016, resetting the clock for further negotiations. Despite the setback, today on Oct 7, 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year conflict.

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Pope Francis in USA, Evokes Race Issues Citing Martin Luther King, Jr

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"Our common home has been part of this group of the excluded which cries out to heaven and which today powerfully strikes our homes, our cities and our societies ... To use a telling phrase of the Rev. Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory

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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, National Hero, Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman chosen to escort Vice-President Harris during Jan 20, 2021 inauguration

Police Officer Eugene Goodman saved lives of several Senators and members of Congress a with his actions during the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by a violent mob. On Friday, February 12, 2021, US senators recognized Police Officer Eugene Goodman's courage, gave him a standing ovation for risking his own life to save theirs on January 6, and unanimously voted to award him a Congressional Gold Medal, the institution's highest civilian honor.

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Another Historic Event in US : Gen. Lloyd J. Austin Becomes the First Black Person to Serve as Defense Secretary

Gen. Lloyd J. Austin at the Pentagon on Jan 22, 2021

On Friday, January 22, 2021, US Senators overwhelmingly have approved General Lloyd J. Austin as Defense secretary. Confirmed by the Senate as Defense secretary by a vote of 93-2, Gen Lloyd J. Austin becomes the first Black American in charge of the Pentagon.