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1028 Alfonso V King of Le=n/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle. 1028 Death of King Alfonso V of Castile, Le=n, and Galicia 1192 Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) 1194 Death of King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138) 1194 Kazimierz II the Justified...

On October 11-12, 2013, the African Union (AU) will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to formally withdraw from the Rome Statute in supremely dramatic form. The world for the first time will witness a choreographed denunciation (announcement of termination...

Today the Second Italo-Abyssinian War of 1935-36 is generally viewed as a prelude to World War II but, of course, no one at the time could view it in that way. It was a strange conflict in many ways that brought to light some rather strange bedfellows...

"The blog is mightier than the sword." --Headline for article by journalist Amit Lewinthal, israelhayom.com (2012), perhaps relevant eons ago (by social-media standards); image from PDCAST [LISTEN] On Culinary Diplomacy: Culinary diplomacy utilizes...

The Pasty Little Putz addresses “The G.O.P.’s Immigration Delusion” and babbles that this time, the base is right to just say no to reform.  “Mancuroc” from Rochester, NY sums it up thusly:  “Well, at least...