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The lost music of the Holocaust Holocaust

The lost music of the Holocaust

The sign above the steel gates of Auschwitz reads "arbeit macht frei" - work sets you free. It was, of course, a chilling lie, an evil hoax. But there was one surprising source of temporary escape inside the camps:  music. Under the bleakest conditions imaginable, prisoners wrote and played music,…
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June 8, 2020
Tom Brady, Russell Westbrook, More Appear in Barack Obama’s Graduation Event Michelle Obama

Tom Brady, Russell Westbrook, More Appear in Barack Obama’s Graduation Event

Tim Warner/Getty ImagesYouTube's "Dear Class of 2020" live-stream event lasted over four hours Sunday afternoon and featured brief cameos from sports biggest stars.Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, Houston Rockets All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook, Hall of Fame New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson…
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June 8, 2020
Briefing Security Council on Residual Mechanism, Senior Officials Highlight Recent Arrest of High-Profile Fugitive, Note Court’s Work to Continue into 2021 Genocide

Briefing Security Council on Residual Mechanism, Senior Officials Highlight Recent Arrest of High-Profile Fugitive, Note Court’s Work to Continue into 2021

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals — the successor to two dedicated courts for war crimes committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia — saw major strides forward in recent months, including capturing a high-profile fugitive sought for more than 20 years, its senior officials told the Security Council during…
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June 8, 2020
DOMINIC LAWSON: The race protesters who defaced Churchill’s statue are perverse and offensive Slavery Abolition

DOMINIC LAWSON: The race protesters who defaced Churchill’s statue are perverse and offensive

Some images from the Black Lives Matter demonstration in London on Saturday will linger long in the memory. The sheer scale and physical density of the march, as viewed from above, is one, simultaneously impressive in its display of solidarity and terrifying for NHS medics anxious to avert a 'second wave'…
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June 8, 2020
Argentina ex-president Macri accused of spying on 400 journalists Cristina Kirchner

Argentina ex-president Macri accused of spying on 400 journalists

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) has called for an investigation into former president Mauricio Macri for allegedly spying on more than 400 journalists, a source told AFP on Sunday (Jun 7). Dozens of foreign journalists, including several representing AFP, appeared on a list of people to be investigated in…
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June 8, 2020