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U.S. spy ship seized in 1968 now a major tourist attraction in N. Korea
North Korea's greatest propaganda trophy, captured U.S. Navy spy ship USS Pueblo, floats along the banks of the Taedong River, beckoning visitors aboard to see how North Korea once humiliated the United States. Captain surrendered without firing a shot in 1968. Now a major tourist attraction, the vessel has become a symbol of anti-Americanism and the Cold War era. It draws nearly 1,000 people a day in tours designed to drum up patriotism. "It was a great victory for the Korean people to capture this ship," said tour guide Li Gyong-il, dressed in a military uniform.
by mcclatchydc :: 2007-09-11 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

Kremlin orders BBC off the air for being "foreign propaganda"
Russia's strained relations with Britain deteriorated further when local transmission of the BBC Russian Service was taken off air for being "foreign propaganda". In an echo of the Cold War, when BBC broadcasts were jammed by the Soviet Union, the FM broadcast station in Moscow said that it was taking off air all BBC Russian transmissions. The step was seen as the latest punitive action by Moscow in the bitter row that broke out between Britain and Russia over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the former KGB officer who was poisoned with the radioactive isotope polonium-210.
by timesonline :: 2007-08-23 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

Central European countries struggling with post-Communist identities
When David Irving is the honored guest at National Day celebrations, you know something nasty is brewing in the body politic. But there was Irving, fresh from serving his jail sentence in Austria, firing up a large crowd in Budapest's Heroes Square the week before last on the 159th anniversary of the 1848 Revolution, the upheaval that brought Hungary its independence from the Habsburg emperors. He was invited to speak by the far-right MIEP Party, and his message was familiar: Hungary's present left-wing govt was no better than the communist dictatorship that ruled the country for nearly half a century.
by popmatters :: 2007-03-28 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

Only king buried in U.S. to be sent home
After an eventful but tragic life, Yugoslavia's last monarch ended up in an unlikely spot: entombed in an ornately decorated Chicago church that was intended to be his final resting place. But it turns out that resting place might not be so final after all. The son of exiled King Peter II, a boy king who fought the Nazis only to see his kingdom fall to communism, plans to bring his father's remains back to the land of his birth. Some Serbian Americans, though, want to keep their claim to the only king buried in the U.S. For many Serbian Americans, the king's grave is a source of pride.
by nwi :: 2007-03-04 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

Gravely ill after working in the U.S. nuclear weapons program
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said the federal government is moving far too slowly in paying compensation for scores of people who became gravely ill after working in the country's nuclear weapons program. "These workers performed tasks that often were very dangerous. And a lot of you might not be here today, if I weren't' shining a spotlight on it."
by nbc5 :: 2006-12-17 :: Nuclear War

Rare photographs showing Aborigines devastated by nuclear tests
Rare photographs showing Aborigines whose lives were devastated by nuclear tests have been published after 30 years out of public view. The pictures, taken by B. Wongar, were briefly shown at the in Canberra in the early 1970s before being withdrawn amid fears they would be politically embarrassing. The photographs have been published in a book Totem and Ore, which documents the impact of British nuclear testing and uranium mining on Aborigines. Wongar, a writer formerly known as Streten Bozic, took the pictures in Australia in the 1960s and early '70s, despite it being illegal at the time.
by theage :: 2006-11-13 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

Raleigh Spy Conference Focusing On Fidel Castro
With Fidel Castro in the news and rumors swirling about his questionable health, there is more discussion than ever about what will happen when the dictator who leads Cuba's communist government dies. At the international Spy Conference in Raleigh, speakers from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Cuban community, and academia hope to answer that question. The Fourth Annual Spy Conference will be examining Fidel Castro and Cuba as its main focus later at the North Carolina Museum of History in downtown Raleigh.
by lanuevacuba :: 2006-09-06 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

U.S. Cold War gift: Iran nuclear plant as Cold War strategy
In the heart of Tehran is one of Iran's most important nuclear facilities, a dome-shaped building where scientists have done secret experiments that could help the country build atomic bombs. It was provided to the Iranians by the United States. Not only did the U.S. provide the reactor in the 1960s as part of a Cold War strategy, America also supplied the weapons-grade uranium needed to power the facility--fuel that remains in Iran and could be used to help make nuclear arms.
by chicagotribune :: 2006-08-24 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

Secret files from communist-era haunt Eastern Europe
Romania is the latest country of the former Soviet bloc to undergo a debate about how best to tackle the legacy of communist-era snooping. Romania's President Traian Basescu has denied ever having signed an agreement to collaborate with the communist-era secret police, the Securitate. Reports say that a secret police file on Mr Basescu has gone missing. A healthy society, it has been argued, needs to know its grubby secrets. Secret files can be used to blackmail individuals. The contrary argument is that old secrets are best kept well alone. Secret police files, by their nature, are unreliable.
by bbc :: 2006-08-24 :: Relics, Legacy and Aftermath of Cold War

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