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Greg Kohn 0 Comment Daily Brief, Weather, World China, earthquake, ebola, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, WWI
The day in photos around the world.
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment From the Vault, Retrospective, World combat, France, Reuters, unseen images, war, WWI
A Viscount in the Armoured Cavalry Branch of the French Army left behind a collection of hundreds of glass plates taken during World War One that have never before been published. The images, by an unknown photographer, show daily life of soldiers in the trenches, destruction of towns and military leaders. The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War (WWI). – Reuters
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Kalani Gordon 0 Comment World Flanders Field, President Barack Obama, WWI
President Obama laid a wreath at the World War I memorial at Flanders Field on Wednesday, noting the war that tore apart Europe still echoes in conflicts 100 years later.