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Satellite images confirm Palmyra temple destruction: UN

Satellite images confirm Palmyra temple destruction: UN

AFP | 08/29/2015 | Politics

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- Satellite images confirm the destruction of the Baal Shamin temple in Syria's Palmyra, the United Nations said Friday, after international condemnation of the act claimed by the Islamic State group. The UN training and research agency UNITAR said its satellite programme had...

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IS jihadists threaten ancient Palmyra ruins

IS jihadists threaten ancient Palmyra ruins

AFP | 05/22/2015 | Politics

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- The Islamic State group seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, reportedly giving it control of half of the country as UNESCO warned the destruction of the ancient city would be "an enormous loss to humanity". Experts said the capture of the 2,000-year-old metropolis leaves IS strongly...

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Study confirms Berlin Film Festival founding director's Nazi past

Study confirms Berlin Film Festival founding director's Nazi past

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