Category Archives: Holes in history

PM’s mail room may have shredded historical documents (CAN)

OTTAWA –  The prime minister’s mail room has lost some historical documents on sports, music and politics — and the material appears to have been accidentally shredded. The package of six documents arrived in the busy mail facility last May … Continue reading

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Helping a fellow veteran get his due (US)

World War II veteran Donald Madsen intends to leave his service medals to his grandson. Madsen said he was awarded the Combat Infantrymen Badge and the Prisoner of War medal. … Christopherson, 87, graduated from basic training in Hawaii on … Continue reading

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PMO has ‘no Emergency records’ (India)

NEW DELHI, 9 FEB: The records of correspondence between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed relating to the Emergency proclamation in 1975 are not traceable in PMO files prompting a direction by the Central Information Commission (CIC) … Continue reading

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Fukushima task force kept no records of meetings

 It was the world’s worst nuclear crisis for 25 years. But now, Japan’s energy minister has admitted no one thought of keeping records of top-level discussions in the critical early days after disaster struck at the Fukushima plant. The admission, … Continue reading

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Veterans search for missing records (AUS)

A group of Vietnam War veterans has a score to settle with Brendan Nelson, the departing defence minister and the new leader of the Liberal Party. The veterans say they wrote to Dr Nelson earlier this year and asked him … Continue reading

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