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Jeffrey Eugenides is an American writer who has released three novels: The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex and The Marriage Plot. Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for Middlesex, and The Virgin Suicides was made into a film. In this video, Eugenides speaks about what influences him, including his hometown of Detroit.

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Jeffrey Eugenides On His Influences appeared first on Witnify.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was designed to explore Mars from orbit. It was launched on August 12, 2005, and reached Martian orbit on March 10, 2006. The spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin, and the mission is managed by the California Institute of Technology. In this video, some of the flight engineers working on the project discuss what will happen once the MRO reaches Martian orbit.

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Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess Grandmaster and former world champion. He is widely considered to be one of the best, if not the best, chess players of all time. On March 10, 2005, Kasparov announced his retirement from chess. In this video, Kasparov discusses mistakes in chess and the importance of always staying one ahead of your opponent.

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Garry Kasparov Discusses Mistakes In Chess appeared first on Witnify.

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Omar al-Bashir is the current President of Sudan, having come to power through a bloodless military coup in 1989. On March 4, 2009, al-Bashir became the first sitting president to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC charged al-Bashir with war crimes and crimes against humanity for the treatment of people in Darfur. In this video, al-Bashir responds to the allegations brought against him by the ICC.

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Omar Al Bashir Responds To His ICC Indictment appeared first on Witnify.

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Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan writer and physician. Hosseini’s father was a diplomat, and when Khaled was eleven the family moved to France. His debut novel, The Kite Runner, won critical acclaim and went on to become a feature film. In this video, Hosseini talks about what it was like to live in exile and how he feels he can best serve Afghanistan.

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Khaled Hosseini On Life In Exile appeared first on Witnify.

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Operation Anaconda was an effort by the United States military, CIA Paramilitary Officers, NATO forces and allied Afghan military to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. Operation Anaconda took place from March 2 to March 16, 2002, in the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains of Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan. In this video, soldiers discuss what it was like on the ground during the operation.

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Operation Anaconda appeared first on Witnify.

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Jack Abramoff is a former American lobbyist who was the center of a corruption investigation that led to his conviction. In addition to Abramoff, 21 other people either plead guilty or were found guilty of corruption. Abramoff worked as the top lobbyist for the firm Preston Gates & Ellis from 1994 to 2001, and then for Greenberg Traurig from 2001 until 2004. Abramoff plead guilty in a lobbying scandal involving SunCruz Casinos in January 2006 and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. He served 43 months and was released on December 3, 2010. In this video, Abramoff and some of the people he worked with discuss corruption in the US Senate.

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Jack Abramoff On Government Corruption appeared first on Witnify.

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Johnny Cash is widely considered to be one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. In this video, musicians Little Richard, Sheryl Crow and Merle Haggard, as well as Cash’s children, discuss the artist’s wide-ranging influence.

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“He Was All Things To All People” appeared first on Witnify.

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Corazon Aquino became the 11th President of the Philippines, and the first female President in Asia, on February 25, 1986. Aquino came to power following the 20-year authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, helping to restore democracy to the Philippines. Aquino’s rise to presidency began with tragedy. Aquino’s husband, Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., was a staunch critic of President Marcos who was assassinated on August 21, 1983, following a return from exile in the United States. At the time of her husband’s death, Corazon Aquino was a self-proclaimed “plain housewife” who was raising the couple’s five children. In this video, Aquino discusses how she made her decision to run for President. Aquino passed away from colon cancer on August 1, 2009. Her son, Benigno Aquino III, has been President of the Philippines since June 30, 2010.

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Corazon Aquino Decides To Run For President appeared first on Witnify.

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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been leased to the United States for use as a coaling and naval station since February 23, 1903, making it the oldest overseas U.S. Naval Base. Since 2002, the naval base has also served as a military prison for unlawful combatants captured during the War on Terror. In this video, one of those detainees talks about his time in the prison, including the kinds of psychological torture he was subjected to.

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Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Remembers His Time There appeared first on Witnify.