After Augusto Pinochet led a coup d’état in Chile on September 11, 1973, taking power from the democratically elected President…
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On December 21, 1988, Pan American flight 103 flying from London Heathrow to JFK Airport in New York exploded over…
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A Cold End to the Prague Spring
In 1968, growing opposition to the failing sociopolitical and economic policies of hard-line Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, led by Antonín…
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The KKK’s “Coup Attempt” in Kenya
Kenya of the late 80’s was essentially a single-party state, with the president holding almost complete control. President Moi ruled…
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A Secret Betrayal — Kurdish Refugees in Iran
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The Truth Behind “Midnight Express”
It was one of the travel nightmares of the 1970s, along with being hijacked to Cuba or being stuck behind…