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Marianna I. Burt, lawyer

2013-03-26 15:25:54

Marianna Inga Burt, an attorney who represented children, died of cardiovascular disease March 12 at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 80 and lived in the Tuscany-Canterbury section of North Baltimore. Born Marianna Koenig in Hoganas, Sweden, she was...

Vietnam, 50 years on

2012-12-28 12:39:00

HANOI, Vietnam -- It has been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy ordered U.S. "advisers" to South Vietnam to help battle the communist North and 37 years since the end of that divisive war and the country's unification under Communism. Today,...

Hillary Clinton and the 'clot plot'

2013-01-02 14:09:50

Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day, she had better get a note from her doctor. A very "transparent" note, a very detailed note. With enough copies to send to her most vociferous critics. Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a...

Clearing Beijing's air

2013-01-14 09:33:00

Ever wonder what life in the United States would be like without a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency? The people of China have gotten a whiff of what happens when there are minimal pollution controls, and they are choking on it. That the air in...

Ambassador to Syria keeps profile low in Bolton Hill

2012-06-02 18:30:00

When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home. And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...

15 years later, CIA acknowledges fallen Marylander worked for agency

2012-05-26 15:14:37

The report from the State Department was brief: Thomas M. Jennings Jr., a federal worker from Burtonsville on a temporary assignment with NATO peacekeepers, had died in a car crash in Southern Bosnia. Fifteen years later, it turns out that was only...

Obama foreign policy a disaster

2012-10-18 11:15:00

I salute The Sun and its writers for their most comprehensive and informative editorial, "Honest accounting needed," (Oct. 12) and for bringing the Benghazi attack and its aftermath to the attention of your thousands and thousands of readers. However,...

Benghazi attack: Time for an honest accounting

2012-10-11 15:45:00

Despite this season's election-year politics, the Obama administration needs to acknowledge mistakes at the U.S. consulate in Libya, where four Americans were killed last month in an apparent terrorist attack, and to learn from them. That's the only way...

Victims of 1998 Africa bombing still seeking compensation

2012-06-30 15:04:00

Fourteen years after a truck bomb ripped through the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, the families of 12 Americans killed in the attack are still fighting for federal compensation that has been granted to other terrorism victims — a struggle that has...

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Monday

2012-07-02 04:20:00

WEATHER The National Weather Service is calling for Monday to be mostly sunny in the Baltimore area, with a high near 92 and north winds between 5 and 8 miles per hour. There is a 30 percent chance of precipitation. Forecasters are warning that afternoon...

Human rights must be at the center of U.S.-China policy

2012-05-07 09:31:16

President Barack Obama's China policy combines deterrence and engagement, but it gives insufficient attention to human rights. Since early 2009, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted that human rights "can't interfere" with other aspects of Sino-...

1969 John Carroll grad David S. Sedney receives Charles K. Riepe Alumni Award

2012-05-02 11:43:00

David S. Sedney, Class of 1969, is the recipient of John Carroll School's Charles K. Riepe Alumni Award. Sedney exemplifies the four outcomes of a John Carroll education: a strong sense of self, excellence in achievement of personal and professional...

A handout photo taken Tuesday and released by Russia's Federal Security Service shows an espionage suspect identified as Ryan C. Fogle, the third secretary of the political section of U.S. Embassy in Moscow, being questioned after his arrest.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Steve Blye has joined Legat Architects as senior design director and associate director of health care. In the former role, Blye will lead planning efforts, collaborative design charrettes and conceptual development of a variety of faciliies.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Activists of Amnesty International hold a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Dozens of activists demand that President Obama assume a responsible role in the negotiations of a Treaty on Arms Trade.

2013-03-19 00:00:00