Up Front
 | America's Dien Bien Phu Syndrome by John Prados America should have learned its lesson in 1954: firepower is not enough to win wars. NEWS ABROAD |
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 | London, Ontario, was once the serial killer capital of the world London, Ontario, was home to as many as six serial killers at the same time. YAHOO NEWS CANADA |
 | An assassin divides his native Bosnia 100 years on Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, remains a hero to Serb nationalists... and a villian to everyone else. YAHOO NEWS |
 | The Finnish Jews who fought alongside the Nazis "We did not help the Germans. We had a common enemy." THE TELEGRAPH |
 | New diet, sexual attraction may have spurred Europeans' lighter skin For the longest time, skin color was thought to be a climatic adaptation. That may only be part of the story. SCIENCE |
 | Genghis Khan's secret weapon was rain Tree-ring studies suggest that a long wet spell gave him the resources to invade and conquer. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC |
 | Caribbean adopts plan to seek slavery reparations The Caribbean Community will seek a formal apology and debt cancellation from former colonizers. ASSOCIATED PRESS |
 | Why Russia can’t afford another Cold War Moscow has a stock market. NEW YORK TIMES |
 | Japan won’t alter apology to World War II sex slaves Th statement came in response to rising criticism from South Korea. NEW YORK TIMES |
 | Anglo-Saxon 'kings' village' discovered in Rendlesham Sutton Hoo contained a burial ship full of treasures under a burial mound. BBC NEWS |
 | Saudi group destroys 3,000 year old ancient burial ground Saudi Arabia's religious authorities have angered both locals and archeologists after they removed gravestones in the city of al-Baha. WORLD BULLETIN |
Historians in the News
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 | Historian Fernando Prado on quest to find remains of Cervantes If he doesn't find the remains, "I'll eat the Bible." REUTERS |
 | Historian shines a light on the dark heart of Australia's nationhood Henry Reynolds says the frontier war – his term for the violent dispossession of Indigenous Australians – raises questions of global importance about the ownership of an entire continent. THE GUARDIAN |
 | Female historian says human rights museum censored her Veronica Strong-Boag upset over missing blog post for Canadian Museum for Human Rights. CBC |
 | Japanese historians slam sex-slave apology review A leading professor calls the government's retreat from its 1993 apology "unforgivable." THE STAR ONLINE |
 | Stephanie Coontz: "Marriages require much more maturity than they once did." New research indicates that cohabitation does not cause divorce. TAMPA BAY TIMES |
 | The historian who unearthed "Twelve Years a Slave" Sue Eakin spent her career rescuing Solomon Northup's memoir from obscurity. THE NEW YORKER |
 | Historians unravel mystery behind cryptic Lincoln note The cryptic note penned by Abraham Lincoln identifies its recipient only as "my dear Sir" and has a small section carefully clipped out. ASSOCIATED PRESS |
 | Five things you need to know to be a better digital preservationist Handy tips for the aspiring archivist/digital preservationist. (Increasingly, they're becoming one and the same!) HISTORY NEWS NETWORK |
 | Book on Losing British Generals Wins American History Prize Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy will be feted at a black-tie gala in April for his book "The Men Who Lost America." NEW YORK TIMES |
