| January 18, 2007 | - The coffee chain was challenged by a Chinese state TV personality, who claimed that its presence in Beijing's Forbidden City “trampled over Chinese culture.”
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BBC
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| January 15, 2006 | - In Zimbabwe, a pair of twins named Tafadzwa and Tapiwanashe Fichiani were charged with indecent exposure after entering an upscale mall wearing traditional goatskin loincloths known as nhembe. “We do not care what people say or think about us,” explained Tapiwanashe, “because we regard them as colonized.”
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News24.com
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| July 22, 2005 | - The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment to start broadcasting radio and television programs into Venezuela that will counter the “anti-Americanism” of Telesur, a new Latin American TV station. Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez called the plan “a preposterous imperialist idea.”
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Common Dreams
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| March 7, 2005 | -
Prince Charles visited New Zealand, where he was met by a woman with the words “GET YOUR COLONIAL SHAME OFF MY BREASTS” written across her bare chest. The Prince smiled.
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Seattle PI
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| February 8, 2004 | - President George W. Bush, apparently worried that John Kerry was beating him in recent opinion polls, appeared on a Sunday morning talk show. Bush defended his decision to conquer
Iraq, and although he admitted that his stated reason for invading was false, he also suggested that weapons of mass destruction might still be found. The president said that he had total confidence in the CIA but suggested that he had been misled by incorrect intelligence. "Saddam Hussein was dangerous with weapons. Saddam Hussein was dangerous with the ability to make weapons," Bush said. "I believe it is essential that when we see a threat, we deal with those threats before they become imminent. It's too late if they become imminent."
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Reuters
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| July 2, 2003 | - President Johannes Rau of Germany had the word "Luftwaffe" removed from his two government airplanes to avoid upsetting people in countries conquered by Germany during World War II.
| Source:
Reuters
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| July 24, 2001 | - Greek monks agreed to lift a century-old curse dooming an island village to “never sleep again” for bringing the wrath of the Ottoman Empire on their monastery. “This will be a relief for many people here,” said the mayor.
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| August 1, 2000 | -
Spain has laid claim to the remains of its armada of sunken warships, which lie scattered throughout its former empire, laden with untold riches.
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