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News of the Nation, 2007

News of the nation in 2007 from Iraq to the presidential election by Beth Rowen Related Links 2007 Year in Review 2007…

The National Security Act of 1947

The Question: What was established first-The Department of Defense or the CIA? The Answer: Both entities were established by the the National…

National Hot Dog Month

    Hot Dog History   In honor of National Hot Dog Month, some answers to those dogging questions     by Mike Morrison     July is National Hot…

National Family Literacy Day

  National Family Literacy Day Turn off your TV, pick up a good book           In a 1994 study, only 21% of the adult U.S.…

Sierra Leone: A Nation Collapses

Rebel leader Foday Sankoh captured in Freetown by David Johnson Posted April 1999. Sierra Leone Pres. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (right) and rebel leader Foday Sankoh at a dinner for heads of…

National Holidays on January 26th

The Question: Which countries celebrate January 26 as a national holiday? The Answer: According to our list of National Holidays Around the…

Sierra Leone: A Nation Collapses

Sierra Leone: Major Players in the Civil War The countries and people involved in the civil war by David Johnson Government of Sierra LeoneAlready the victim of one coup, President Kabbah's grip…

Guide to New Nations: Namibia and Eritrea

Guide to New Nations:Africa by David Johnson Namibia Namibia received its independence on March 21, 1990, from neighboring South Africa, which had administered Namibia…