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  2. King Leopold's Ghost - Wikipedia

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    The book, also a general biography of the private life of Leopold, succeeded in increasing public awareness of these crimes in recent decades. [2] The book was refused by nine of the ten U.S. publishing houses to which an outline was submitted, but became an unexpected bestseller and won the prestigious Mark Lynton History Prize for literary style.

  3. Leos (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Leos, one of the ten or twelve Eponyms of the Attic phylae whose statues were at the Athenian agora near the Tholos. [1] He was the son of Orpheus and father of a son, Cylanthus , and of three daughters, Praxithea (or Phasithea , Phrasithea ), Theope and Eubule .

  4. Leo Felton - Wikipedia

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    Leo Felton's father, Calvin Felton (b. 1930), was a black architect, while his mother, Corinne Vincelette (b. 1931), was a white voice and diction professor who became involved in the civil rights movement. [3] His parents divorced when he was two, and he was raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland. [4]

  5. The True Story Behind Lockerbie - AOL

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    Following the death of his daughter Flora on Flight 103, Swire dedicated his life to uncovering the truth behind who perpetrated the Lockerbie bombing and what their motive(s) were.

  6. Atrocities in the Congo Free State - Wikipedia

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    The Commissioner has promised us if we have plenty of hands he will shorten our service. '" As a consequence, Peter Forbath claims, the rubber quotas were in part paid off in cut-off hands. [36] In Forbath's words: The baskets of severed hands, set down at the feet of the European post commanders, became the symbol of the Congo Free State ...

  7. New Orleans terror attack victim with broken legs says he ...

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    During an appearance on NewsNation's "Banfield," survivor Paige Bryan recalled seeing people hit by the vehicle, describing the experience as "very, very, very traumatic."

  8. Tom Hanks went 'bug-eyed' with terror filming intense ... - AOL

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    Captain Phillips plays out like an anatomy of the real-life siege, and it is indeed harrowing. Hanks and costars Michael Chernus, David Warshofsky, and Corey Johnson are shot at, chased ...

  9. Leo Levy - Wikipedia

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    Leo Levy, after the death of his father in 1920, ordered the office to be closed for the period of shiva; family members gathered in the family home, observing the official mourning for a week. [30] Leo became the head of the family and the director of the company. In 1922, Leo's mother Henrietta passed away. Her funeral was modest and quiet.