“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights…
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“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights…
Charismatic, admired, and feared, Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922, when he became the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history.…
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In an unprecedented suicide attack on Americans, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut was bombed on April 18, 1983. The tragedy…