Lets remember and honor some of the well known personalities who died this year 2008.

The religion of Buddhism is based off the teachings of a chief’s son. His name was Siddhartha Gautama universally known as Buddha and nick named the Awakened one.

Latin America has a long history of political violence with internal conflicts of different intensity. These conflicts include civil wars, guerrilla movements, others form of violent confrontation. Some pressures have come from outside it's borders in the form of invasions. Check out these clips.

Ethnic conflicts in Russia become larger and bloodier with every year. Are the recurrence of ethnic clashes in Russia a results of stereotypical prejudices, religious social order disputes, or even more base grabs for Oil resources and Land?

George Wallace (1919-1998), United States political figure, governor of Alabama and presidential candidate was known for his anti-desegregation platform. To an older generation, he was a populist, easy to love and embrace. He represented the old ways of order, and patriotism.

Beliefnet.com is a top 5000 site that reaches over 1.2 million US monthly people . The site caters to a skewing older, largely female crowd. Listen to these positive, helpful and inspirational clips about faith religion, spirituality and prayer.

Central America is a narrow strip of land connecting North America to South America. It includes Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador. Other classification preferred by the UN includes Mexico in this term too.

Oceania is the smallest continent and one of the most diverse and fascinating areas on the planet. Australia is more accurately defined as Australia/Oceania according to geography experts. Oceania also includes Micronesia, New Zealand and a lot more

Lets remember and honor in sound some of notable people who impacted our lives in one way or another.

Jefferson's instructions were published by his friends in Williamsburg. His ideas and smooth, eloquent language contributed to his selection as draftsman of the Declaration of Independence. Part two of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.

Whatever the stories, no matter who's account is more accurate, men, women and children lost their lives on a battlefield the Native Americans never wanted. Today, there stands a memorial and burial ground, small and nondescript, a monument to the lives that were lost in a needless tragedy. Here's the story...

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Hart Viges, he fought with the 82nd Airborne Division. After he returned from Iraq, he was granted conscientious objector status. He knowingly and willfully fired mortar rounds into crowds of innocent Iraqi civilians on orders from his superiors.

Sir Edmund Hillary's (July 20, 1919-January 11, 2008) achievement in climbing Everest was one of the Twentieth Centurys defining moments and made him become one of the most famous, most interesting mountaineers.

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Boteach achieved worldwide recognition from the publication of his bestseller, Kosher Sex.[6] Kosher Sex sold over one million copies worldwide, and has been translated into over 20 languages. He is about to release his newest book The Blessing of Enough: Rejecting Material Greed, Embracing Spiritual Hunger.

Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack 1923. Prior to the Nixon administration, the Harding scandals were the most infamous of the twentieth century. Harding is consistently judged a failure, ranking dead last among his peers.

Charles Lindbergh also known as Lucky Lindy, became famous for being the first pilot to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. He was also a strong advocate in the movement to keep the U.S. out of war with Germany.