Terrorism
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The story below must have been one of the saddest stories of 9/11. The attack on the World Trade Center in New York touched Corkman Mr John Clifford’s family in a particularly cruel way. Just hours after learning that his brother, Ronnie, who worked in the centre, had survived the disaster, Mr Clifford was told
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On Good Friday, 10 April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, It consists of two closely related agreements,the British-Irish Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. It led to the establishment of a system of devolved government in Northern Ireland and the creation of many new institutions such as the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive,
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This blog will contain images from that awful day. Never Forget. On September 11,1941 the construction of the Pentagon had started. Sixty year later, terrorists tried to destroy it. An image etched forever in my mind. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, killing more than 800 people
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Social Media could be such a great tool to unite the world, instead it has divided it. There are now people who only believe the ‘news’ they see on Social Media and take it as gospel, no matter how manipulated it is. Then there are those who solely trust other news outlets, often referred as
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9/11 they used to be just 2 numbers until that fateful day in 2001. Ever since then it has become ingrained in the human psyche as one of the days the world changed. Even now ,19 years later it is hard to fathom the events of that day. Even when it happened it was hard
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On this day 44 years ago, at Tenerife-North Airport (formerly Los Rodeos), two Boeing 747’s – one KLM, the other Pan Am – crashed on a foggy runway. 583 people were killed in what remains the biggest air disaster in history. Neither of the planed were supposed to be there, they had both been diverted
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I don’t get shocked easily but the murder of Daniel Pearl shocked me and had a profound effect on me, why I don’t know, meaning he was not the first one to die by Al-Qaeda terrorists and he wasn’t the last either. But it did touch me. Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002)
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In the early morning hours of September 5 1972, six members of the Arab terrorist group known as Black September dressed in the Olympic sweat suits of Arab nations and jumped the fence surrounding the Olympic village in Munich, Germany, carrying bags filled with guns. Although guards spotted them, they paid little attention because athletes
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Young Girl, the smile on your face when you got the ticket said it all. Your first ever concert, you first late night out, OMG. The anticipation of seeing your idol is driving you mad, the time goes so slow. What outfit you are going to wear is your biggest concern. Young Girl, the big
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It is hard to believe that it has already been 8 years to the day since Obama Bin Laden was killed. I can’t help but thinking what the Iranian born comedian Omid Djalili said about this.”We spent 10 years looking for Bin Laden. We scoured 27 countries looking for Bin Laden, we spent 2 Billions
History of Sorts 
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