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Articles 1-9 out of 9 article(s) Title Author Type Date Words Death barges of Wallabout Bay: during the War for Independence, the British kept many captured American soldiers and privateers in horrid conditions onboard overcrowded prison ships. Telzrow, Michael E. Jan 23, 2006 2450 Somaliland: elusive independence; Compared with the chaos in Greater Somalia, Somaliland, the breakaway republic of Somalia, which before unification in 1960 was a separate state, is an oasis of peace. And yet its unilaterally declared independence is still not recognised by any country. Farhiya Ali Ahmed reports. Ahmed, Farhiya Ali Jan 1, 2006 1401 Transcontinental trek: two hundred years ago this month, the Lewis and Clark expedition reached the Pacific Ocean, having trekked across what is now the United States. McGrath, Roger D. Nov 14, 2005 3528 Lafayette's odyssey: the Marquis de Lafayette's dogged determination to fight for the cause of liberty enabled him to surmount many difficulties in leaving France and coming to America. Gilmore, Jodie May 16, 2005 2427 The influence of the Printed Word and the displacement of the Loyalists. Camp, Margaret Robin Mary Mar 22, 2005 3142 The march to independence. Nov 29, 2004 690 A different kind of coup: as Portugal seeks to build new partnerships with its former African colonies, we should not lose sight of the importance of the 25th April 1974 coup in Lisbon. It even speeded up the demise of Ian Smith's regime in Zimbabwe and apartheid in South Africa. de Figueiredo, Antonio Apr 1, 2004 1339 Guyana: Remembering Forbes Burnham. (Diaspora). Cush, Kamau Dec 1, 2002 673 MAPPING THE POLITICAL TERRAIN. ADITJONDRO, GEORGE Apr 1, 2000 6850