Michael Copperthite has butter, sugar and flour in his blood. His great-great-grandfather was Henry Copperthite, the so-called “Pie King” of Georgetown and founder of the Connecticut-Copperthite Pie Co. Michael loves nothing more than to wax poetic about his family, a line of piemakers dating to the Civil War era. Read full article > >
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Resurrecting a slice of history? Easy as pie.
The Western-Arab push for a UN resolution on Syria could put the country on a “path to civil war”, warns Russia’s deputy foreign minister.
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UN action ‘could spur Syria war’
In the first sign that Iraq’s leaders may yet halt a sectarian political crisis that has raised fears of civil war, Iraq’s Sunni leaders said Sunday that they would end their boycott of Parliament.
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Sunnis End Boycott of the Iraqi Parliament, but a Political Crisis Remains
WINDHAM, N.H. It isn’t every day that political candidates are asked whether the 10th Amendment allows states to nullify federal laws, but that was precisely the question Rick Santorum faced at a forum here a few days ago organized by a libertarian-leaning group. To his credit, Santorum did not pander to the nullifier. “We had a Civil War about nullification,” Santorum said with a smile. “I’m not sure I want to go there.” Read full article > >
Human rights advocates have questioned whether the observers have the qualifications or enough independence from the government to help end a conflict that many fear is veering toward civil war.
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Violence Flares in Syria Despite Arab League Observers
Large numbers of people across Latin America apply for Spanish citizenship, on the day Spain ends entitlement for descendants of civil war emigrants.
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Exiles rush for Spanish passports
ONCE AGAIN a poorly run election in a volatile African country threatens an explosion of bloodshed. The setting this time is particularly concerning: Congo, a country nearly the size of Western Europe, with a population of more than 70 million — and a history of civil war that killed millions between 1997 and 2002. An election Nov. 28 pitted the incumbent president, Joseph Kabila, against a 78-year-old populist icon, Étienne Tshisekedi. Poor organization, violence and attempts at manipulation made both the vote and the subsequent count a mess. On Friday, Mr. Kabila was declared the winner , but Mr. Tshisekedi refused to accept the result, and some of his supporters clashed with security forces in the capital, Kinshasa. Though an uneasy calm prevailed Sunday, Congo’s neighbors, the United Nations and outside parties such as the United States will have to keep working to prevent a crisis. Read full article > >
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Congo at risk
Calls situation “civil war.”
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U.N.: Syria Death Toll Over 4,000
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s outgoing prime minister called Sunday for speeding up the timetable for holding elections, warning that a political vacuum could develop in a country emerging from an eight-month civil war. Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril noted that under current plans, Libyans would have to wait until June to choose a panel to oversee the writing of a new constitution, which would set the stage for presidential and legislative elections. Read full article > >
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Libyan leader wants to speed up elections
TRIPOLI, Libya — An autopsy confirmed that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi died from a gunshot to the head, the country’s chief pathologist said Sunday, just hours before Libya’s new leaders were to declare liberation and a formal end to an eight-month civil war to topple the longtime ruler’s regime. Read full article > >
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Autopsy shows Gadhafi killed by head shot, official says, as Libya to declare liberation
TRIPOLI, Libya — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to the Libyan capital on Tuesday, bringing encouragement and millions of dollars in new U.S. aid to a transitional government struggling to consolidate control over a country ravaged by dictatorship and civil war . Clinton arrived in Tripoli just after noon, becoming the first cabinet-level U.S. official to visit the country since autocratic leader Moammar Gaddafi was driven from the capital nearly two months ago. Read full article > >
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Through no fault of his own, the North Carolina writer Charles Frazier fell from everybody’s favorite success story to a symbol of the publishing industry’s profligacy. After he came out of nowhere in 1997 to sell millions of copies of a Civil War odyssey called “ Cold Mountain ,” New York publishers bid like drunken sailors on a one-page outline for Frazier’s second book. Random House trounced all opponents at auction by tossing off an absurd $8 million advance, the kind of money that might have paid for manuscripts from hundreds of promising literary novelists. No one was particularly surprised — though some were fiendishly delighted — when the book Frazier eventually produced, “ Thirteen Moons ,” received jeering reviews and sold far fewer copies than his debut. Read full article > >
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad’s largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago. Iraqi security officials said parliament lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi, a Sunni, was among the dead in the 9:40 p.m attack. Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, a spokesman for Baghdad’s military operations command, confirmed the bombing happened inside the Um al-Qura mosque during prayers in the western Baghdad neighborhood of al-Jamiaah. The blue-domed building is the largest Sunni mosque in Baghdad. Read full article > >
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Iraqi officials say suicide bomber kills 29 inside Baghdad mosque, 38 injured
Following talks with rebels about ending civil war.
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Top Gaddafi Minister Quits: Report
Even as many senior Afghan officials echoed President Hamid Karzai, closer to the ground, local leaders and ordinary people expressed fears of civil war.
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Karzai Welcomes Withdrawal, but Many Afghans Are Wary
Sunnis End Boycott of the Iraqi Parliament, but a Political Crisis Remains
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