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The path to two giants. Xinjiang in Stalin’s policy
Despite the fact that East Turkestan was a poor region, it, unlike the Soviet West Turkestan, did not survive the man-made famine of 1931-1932, many fled to neighboring regions and...
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Daughter of the Korean Stalin. How the head of South Korea succumbed to the charms of shamans, scored millions in bribes and went to jail
Park Geun-hye is South Korea's third-ever president to be convicted of financial crimes. During her reign, she ran around with fortune-tellers and charlatans, drowning in luxury with a close friend...
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World Soprano Svetlana Kasyan offers Album for Pope Francis’ Birthday
ho blessed her voice and awarded her the star of the lyric of the Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of Saint Sylvester for her 35th birthday. She is the…
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Tackling most pressing world challenges posed by drugs and crime
© UNODC Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) held end-of-the-year meetings on tackling most pressing global challenges posed by drugs and crime...
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Daughter of a Murderer speaks out
Diane was only 10 when her father killed her mother now she breaks the silence to tell her story in the hope of helping today's children. Diane Clarke, founder and...
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Pope to Italian Air Force: Fly high, you are peacemakers – Vatican News
By Vatican News staff reporter This 10 December brings to an end the Lauretan Jubilee which was granted on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the proclamation by Pope...
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Pope to Catholic Jurists: To deny fundamental rights is to deny human dignity – Vatican News
By Francesca Merlo Addressing members of the Italian Union of Catholic Jurists, who are meeting in Rome for their 70th National Study Congress, Pope Francis noted that the theme of...
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Upholding human rights through stronger judiciarie
© UNODC The Global Judicial Integrity Network: Upholding human rights through stronger judiciarie 10 December 2021 – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the world’s foremost document enshrining...
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World Council of Churche: now Churches focus on xenophobia, other issues
When the World Council of Churches launched the Program to Combat Racism after years of in-depth theological reflections and prayer in 1971, South Africa's racist apartheid policies were in full…
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Pirates of the Gulf Guinea: A Cost Analysis for Coastal States
© UNODC UNODC and partners launch the report, ‘Pirates of the Gulf Guinea: A Cost Analysis for Coastal States’ New York (USA), 9 December 2021 – Seafarers working in the...