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Accessible Travel: The Best Places For People With Disabilities To Visit

Hastings Tribune 29 Sep 2023
Boston has many wheelchair-friendly attractions, including the Freedom Trail and the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, as well as accessible public transportation. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C ... Wheelchair-Accessible Cruise Ships. Cruise ships have significantly improved wheelchair accessibility in recent years.
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Battleship Row: The Nine American Vessels Targeted During the Attack on Pearl Harbor

War History Online 29 Sep 2023
She served as the flagship of Battleship Division 6 (BatDiv 6) during WWI, protecting Ireland’s Bantry Bay against German raids, and, similar to the USS Arizona, was among the ships to escort the USS George Washington to France ... Washington to the Paris Peace Conference.
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The USS Alaska (CB-1) Was the US Navy’s Impractical Warship

War History Online 29 Sep 2023
The USS Alaska (CB-1) was a large, powerful and extremely capable ship built during the Second World War ... The USS Alaska was the lead ship in the Alaska-class of large cruisers ... The US Navy took a liking to these ships, which, before the war, were limited to 10,000 tons and 8-inch guns by the Washington Naval Treaty.
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The Japanese Battleship Kongō was Among the Most Heavily Armed When It was First Built

War History Online 29 Sep 2023
Following WWI, world powers didn’t want to see another conflict and the Washington Naval Treaty was signed, placing restrictions on the building of new naval ships ... The newly rebuilt ship was active during the Second Sino-Japanese War, with two of her floatplanes bombing the Chinese town of Fuzhou.
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Marcos says Philippines is not looking for trouble but will defend waters against Chinese aggression

Asahi News 29 Sep 2023
Washington lays no claim to the sea passageway but U.S. Navy ships and fighter jets have carried out patrols for decades to challenge China’s expansive claims and promote freedom of navigation and overflight ... ships and aircraft come under attack, including in the South China Sea.
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Crazy councils, bumbling scientists and the biggest tree ever cut down: How Sycamore Gap vandals ...

The Daily Mail 29 Sep 2023
Prince of Thieves and was one of the most photographed trees in the world ... The 110 trees felled by council, Plymouth ... After the fair, the General Noble was shipped to Washington and given a roof so it could become a tourist attraction ... After the fair, the General Noble was shipped to Washington and given a roof so it could become a tourist attraction.
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Philippines to remove any barrier China installs in the disputed South China Sea

Arab News 28 Sep 2023
Washington lays no claim to the sea passageway, a major global trade route, but US Navy ships and fighter jets have carried out patrols for decades to challenge China’s expansive claims and promote freedom of navigation and overflight ... Washington has said it’s obligated to defend ...
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Philippines says it will remove any barrier China installs in the disputed South China Sea

Federal News Radio 28 Sep 2023
Washington lays no claim to the sea passageway, a major global trade route, but U.S ... China has asked the Philippines to tow away the ship from the shoal ... Washington has said it’s obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under attack, including in the South China Sea.
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Why Russia’s Eastward Trade Refocus Faces Roadblocks

Moscow Times 28 Sep 2023
Instead of a single route, the INSTC comprises three land and sea routes from Russia all the way to ports on the Persian Gulf, where goods can be shipped onward to India ... President Donald Trump, Washington allowed India to ship goods through Iran’s Chabahar port, giving New Delhi the ability to build economic relations with Central Asia.
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Taiwan unveils first domestically built submarine as China threat grows

CNN 28 Sep 2023
Details about the ship’s size or capability were also not disclosed during the ceremony, which was also attended by Sandra Oudkirk, Washington’s de facto ambassador to Taiwan, as well as the representatives from the Japanese and South Korean missions in Taipei ... surface ships.
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Both Wary of War, Taiwan’s Voters Eye China and China Eyes Taiwan’s Voters

Time Magazine 28 Sep 2023
But Beijing also understands that Washington has domestic challenges too and will not welcome any pro-independence push by anyone in Taiwan for the foreseeable future ... planes over the Taiwan Strait, Beijing and Washington could find themselves managing a crisis neither side really wants but can’t avoid.
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Amid intense fight over immigration, group issues report on U.S. Hispanic economic power

jacksonville.com 28 Sep 2023
Florida political leaders have been at the forefront of some of the most divisive policies, including the shipping of people seeking refuge or immigration from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Washington, D.C ... Washington-based League of United Latin American Citizens, known as LULAC.
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Philippines says it will remove any sea barrier China installs in the disputed South China Sea

Bowling Green Daily News 27 Sep 2023
Washington lays no claim to the sea passageway, a major global trade route, but U.S ... China has asked the Philippines to tow away the ship from the shoal ... Washington has said it’s obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under attack, including in the South China Sea.
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Erik Brady: Buffalo Nite returns to D.C. and for one night, the homesickness fades away

The Buffalo News 27 Sep 2023
WASHINGTON — Buffalo took over Washington’s football stadium on Sunday ... The Buffalo Bills beat the Washington Commanders, 37-3, as Bills fans filled some 40% of the seats at FedEx Field ... Washington Bills Notebook ... When he worked years ago at Bocce Club Pizza, he remembers shipping sheet pizzas to Washington each year for Buffalo Nite.
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Michigan State vs. Iowa: Odds, predictions, props and best bets

Michigan Live 27 Sep 2023
The players he handpicked for the green-and-white are still on this team, but given the fact that this season is likely to spiral down to even worse depths than the lopsided loss to Washington and lifeless loss to Maryland, when will some of them jump ship? The transfer portal ...

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