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Today is the anniversary of the day in 49 B.C. when Julius Caesar - noting, Iacta alea esto ("The die is cast") - crossed the Rubicon River with his legions to march on Rome in defiance of both the Senate and Roman law, which forbade any general from crossing the Rubicon and entering Italy proper with a standing army. To do so was treason. This tiny stream would reveal Caesar's intentions and mark the point of no return. Born around 100 B.C. into one of the oldest patrician families of the republic, Caesar began his political career as a member...

April 25 is Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione) in Italy, a national holiday in observance of the liberation of Italy from the Nazis and Fascists. It is a day that honors the memory of the Italian resistance, as well as American and other allied soldiers who died to prevent the light of freedom, which exists in all Italians, from being extinguished by the National Socialist Third Reich and Mussolini's neo-Roman Empire. To this day, we Italians are grateful to the Americans whose contribution to our freedom is evinced by those still buried in our land, albeit forgotten by their family...

Friday, March 21, 2008 Happy Liberation Day, Iraq Exclusive: Melanie Morgan pounds 'peace' protesters whose violence knows no end By Melanie Morgan I headed to Berkeley first thing Wednesday morning. Thousands of anti-war agitators promised to shut down cities on this anniversary of America's campaign to liberate Iraq and fight radical Muslims who want to cut our throats here at home. I was pleased to see a strong presence of Berkeley police standing in front of the Marine recruiting center that "peace" activists have attacked at the urging of the Berkeley City Council. I would have been happier if U.S....

Today May 5th the Netherlands celebrate Liberation Day, marking the surrender of German forces in 1945. Here a little about the history of the liberation of the Netherlands by the Allied forces. 1939: After the invasion of Poland, the Netherlands hopes to stay out of a war by remaining neutral like in WO I. - May 10 1940: the German army invades, without a declaration of war, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. - May 13 1940: after 3 days of fighting the German army faces fierce resistance in Rotterdam and at Kornwerderzand. The original invasionplan was to take the country...

About 5,000 protesters burned the North Korean flag, defaced images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and called for North Korea to stop its suspected development of a nuclear arsenal. An image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is printed on a commemorative postage stamp issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the Korean War truce in Pyongyang. North Korea celebrates July 27 as the 'Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War.' North Korean missiles on display during a military parade in Pyongyang. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) shakes hands with North Korean leader...

The Netherlands is celebrating Liberation Day today with festivals, concerts and remembrance ceremonies all around the country. The theme of this year's celebrations is "Freedom is Not For Sale". Official celebrations began with a service this morning in the St Bavokerk in Haarlem. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was one of the speakers at the service. In his address, Mr Balkenende refered to a famous speech made by former US president Franklin Roosevelt linking a life free of fear and hunger with freedom of speech and religion. In the city of Wageningen, around four thousand veterans took part in the...

Roosevelt crew sleeps to shift to night operations By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press © March 19, 2003 Last updated 10:45 AM Mar. 19 ABOARD THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- War preparations are in full swing aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt -- most of the crew is asleep. Combat pilots and most of crew aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier were ordered to snooze through the day Wednesday so they could shift to night operations. The other carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, the Norfolk-based Harry S. Truman, will stay on day duty -- thus providing round-the-clock combat capability. Some sailors on the Roosevelt...