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Q&A: How Are the Taliban Linked to the Ancient Tribe the World Never Quite Conquers?

Just when NATO forces in Afghanistan thought the Taliban were finally less of a threat, they staged an astonishing comeback Monday when they broke about 488 of their colleagues, mostly fighters and commanders, out of a maximum-security prison. Five days before the mass escape from Kandahar's Sarpoza prison, Defense...

The JFK-UFO Connection: Bogus Documents or Unanswered Questions?

Do you like a good UFO detective story? Well, here's one for you. And it's ongoing, so we don't yet know the ending. It involves President John F. Kennedy's interest in UFOs shortly before his death and an allegation that he may have angered officials in his administration when he asked for information on the...

3-2-1 ... and Liftoff: Manned Space Flights Mark 50th Anniversary

"Three ... 2 ... 1 ...ignition ... and liftoff." With those famous words first heard in Russian and then English, rocket engines burst into life, sending manned vehicles through the extreme "g" forces of vertical acceleration into Earth orbit and into the history books. On this date 20 years apart, two milestones were...

50 Years Later, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's Secret Last Words Revealed

Fifty years ago today, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to experience outer space. Beforehand, he wrote a poignant letter to his wife, telling her to remarry if he didn't survive. But his last conversation before liftoff, according to secret recordings only now released by Russia, was decidedly less...

Yuri Gagarin, First Man In Space [PHOTOS]

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London 2012 Countdown: Soviet Union Beat USA At 1972 Olympics Basketball Final (VIDEO)

London 2012 is under two months away from commencing, which means it's time for us to start our daily offering of magnificent Olympic moments in the Games' history.

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05/31/12 Photos of the Day: Little People, Big Courage Source: The Post-Standard - Syracuse NY Enlarge The Post-Standard Gloria Yam, 19, an SU undecided freshman, left, rides the connective corridor bus from University Hill to the downtown Warehouse building.
05/31/12 Red Plenty Seminar Source: 3quarksdaily Red Plenty is a book for social scientists in more ways than one.
05/28/12 London 2012 Countdown: Soviet Union Beat USA At 1972... Source: The Huffington Post London 2012 is under two months away from commencing, which means it's time for us to start our daily offering of magnificent Olympic moments in the Games' history.
05/25/12 IHT Rendezvous: As China Marches Ahead, Is It On Solid... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Widespread moral decline has long plagued the nation, according to both ordinary and prominent Chinese.
05/24/12 Blame the big wet for the price of tomatoes Source: Perth News www.amazon.com More CIA films: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the US Air Force.

Background on Soviet Union

The Soviet Union (), officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; ; ; abbreviated СССР, SSSR), was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.

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