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An Incarcerated Survivor Asks Kathy Hochul for Clemency
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The mass killings haunt US foreign policy and distort how we understand ethnic violence.
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The Twitter User Taking on the Chinese Government
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Will This Ukrainian Town Be Repaired by Winter?
Borodyanka was destroyed by Russian missiles during the war. Now, elderly residents are trying to get their homes back before temperatures plunge below freezing.
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