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5 days ago · Arab Spring, wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that took place in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in 2010 and 2011, challenging some of the region’s entrenched authoritarian regimes. The wave began when protests in Tunisia and Egypt toppled their regimes in quick succession, inspiring similar attempts in other Arab ...
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1 day ago · By Frankie Kadir VaughanAs summer nears, Folly Tree Arboretum is preparing to welcome campers back to play with puppets and green screens, and learn about foliage and flora. Founded in 2013 by ...
2 days ago · Middle East. Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond. The central part of this general area was formerly called the Near East, a name given to it by some of the first modern Western ...
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4 days ago · The National Football Conference – Eastern Division or NFC East is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It currently has four members: the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Washington Commanders . The division was formed in 1967 as the National ...
4 days ago · East Germany’s hard-line communist leadership was forced from power in October 1989 during the wave of democratization that swept through eastern Europe. On November 9 the East German government opened the country’s borders with West Germany (including West Berlin), and openings were made in the Berlin Wall through which East Germans could travel freely to the West.
5 days ago · The East River flows beneath some of our most iconic bridges, but the waterway itself is a hallmark of New York City. The 16-mile span, which connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long ...
