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Fri Oct-01-10 07:52 AM
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First World War officially ends -- or the past is never really past. |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8029948/First-World-War-officially-ends.htmlThe First World War will officially end on Sunday, 92 years after the guns fell silent, when Germany pays off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies. very short article -- but the last payment just being made -- wow.
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Fri Oct-01-10 07:58 AM
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1. There's one US veteran of the conflict left: |
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Fri Oct-01-10 08:04 AM
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Fri Oct-01-10 08:01 AM
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2. More like war reparations to American banks on Wall Street than to |
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England, France, and Belgium.
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Fri Oct-01-10 08:02 AM
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3. When will we pull our troops out of Germany? |
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Fri Oct-01-10 08:39 AM
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6. We'll put them out when they finish paying off the war reparations |
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for WW 2 - in another 92 years.
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