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In April 1954, amidst growing tensions regarding the situation in the Korean Peninsula and Indochina, the international community convened a…
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The June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy marked the beginning of the end of World War II. Planning for what would…
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Lee Kuan Yew, who died in March 2015, is known for being the longest serving prime minster in the world…
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As a teenage daughter of a Foreign Service Officer who moved his family from country to country every so often,…