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Les derniers ninjas du Japon disparaissent
Mariko Oi, BBC News, Japon Japan’s era of shoguns and samurai is long over, but the country does have one, or maybe two, surviving ninjas. Experts in the dark arts of espionage and silent assassination, ninjas passed skills from father to son – but today’s say they will be the last.
L’hécatombe du Laurier-Palace ( 9 janvier 1927)
Ailleurs dans le monde, les folles années 1920 ont pris fin avec le krach boursier de 1929. Pas à Montréal. C’est un certain 9 janvier 1927 que le destin frappe et met abruptement fin à cette décennie frivole. Gilles Proulx dans le Journal de Montréal: L’hécatombe du Laurier-Palace ( 9 janvier 1927)
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Liberté de la presse
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