1970: Riots break out in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. On the same day, Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. 1973: President Nixon orders a halt to American bombing in North Vietnam ...

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It examines the evolving relationship that modern scholarship has with this part of the world, and chronicles the present-day fight to preserve Iraq’s cultural heritage.

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Sometimes when the pain hits, Agnes* has to pause for several seconds to ride out the excruciating wave. It feels like someone has tied a rope to her insides and is pulling and twisting it, the 27 ...

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