The revanche du berceau (“revenge of the cradle”) dreamed of by some romantic nationalists as retaliation for the British conquest of 1759 didn't seem so far-fetched.
AFP, Jerusalem) Israeli authorities claim that during the three weeks the Israeli military reoccupied the West Bank, Israel has prevented 18 suicide attacks and other attacks.
Inhabited in precolonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms, including that of the Ashanti , Ghana was a British colony after the 1870's and became independent in 1957.