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George Bizos & his Odyssey to Freedom – Online Symposium (6)
With: Dr. Jennifer Webb, Melbourne, Australia – Mr. George Ph Georgiou, S. Africa / W. Australia – Dr. Luli Callinicos,…
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Online Symposium: George Bizos & his Odyssey to Freedom
This symposium is free and open to the public. Details: 1) The Online Symposium can be accessed via Zoom /…
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Two of Us: inside John Lennon’s incredible songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney
His tendency to speak in bold strokes – “Before Elvis there was nothing!” – belied at times both the variety…
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Odyssey to Freedom
Categorized into seven parts, Odyssey to Freedom takes the reader through a journey of history, struggle, and human emotion. Valentino…
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Cyprus Condemns Turkish Move to Reopen Varosha
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades strongly condemned the announcement, saying it is “an exceptionally unacceptable situation.” gtp Speaking after an urgent National Council meeting,…
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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone widens as Turkey denies downing Armenian war plane
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday (local time) reported munitions being fired from the other side across their shared border,…
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From the Archives, 1990: Australian literary giant Patrick White dies
Patrick White dies, aged 78; an era is over. Staff writers WA Today Patrick White, the author, died at his…
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Explainer: Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan fighting?
What is happening? Early on Sunday, Armenia announced it was declaring martial law, mobilising its army and ordering civilians to…
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How the Beirut blast plunged Lebanon into a crisis ‘worse than war’
He came of age fighting in Lebanon’s 15-year civil war, saw the mass explosion that killed ex-prime minister Rafic Hariri…
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He Taught Gorbachev
Without Stephen Cohen, it is impossible to imagine perestroika Moscow. Nadezhda Azhgikhina The Nation He attended rallies and meetings of former Gulag…
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A 5-Decade-Long Friendship That Began With A Phone Call
It argued that the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause applied to women. Nina Totenberg npr I didn’t understand some of…
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George Bizos has left its mark on me indelibly and has defined me definitively and irrevocably
He fought alongside his father, encountering adversity multiplied by the difficulties imposed by the regime at the time and, through…
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George Bizos laid to rest: ‘His life was so large’
Bizos, who died last week aged 92, was remembered as a man of humility, integrity, and above all as an…
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New book ‘Atlas of Extinct Countries’ explores the places that fell off the map
Same goes for the Islands of Refreshment, the Fiume Endeavour and Neutral Moresnet. Barry Neild CNN Travel They no longer…
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Donald Trump hails ‘dawn of a new Middle East’ as Israel signs landmark deals with UAE and Bahrain
Israel normalised relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at a White House ceremony on Tuesday as…
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Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after Juukan Gorge debacle
The Rio Tinto chief executive, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, and two other senior executives are leaving the global miner after its board bowed…
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