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Waco Hispanic Museum talks ten years, Mexican Independence Day
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September 16 to be a holiday in Mexico
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When Hiram Bingham announced he had discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, families were farming between its terraces and an 11-year-old boy led him up to the ruins — the "lost city of the Incas" appears on maps drawn decades before he arrived
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Switzerland releases 200-page dossier on notorious Nazi war criminal Mengele
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (316+ words) European Interest Switzerland releases 200-page dossier on notorious Nazi war criminal Mengele The Swiss federal intelligence service has released a comprehensive 200-page dossier detailing the activities of the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, a German doctor infamously referred to…...
Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed "Angel of Death"
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Hurricane Lowell knocks out a port in Hawaii that is one island's main source for food and fuel
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