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Last Known Survivor Of Japan's Wartime Sexual Slavery Dies In Taiwan
Taiwan's last known survivor of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, the island's foreign ministry said Tuesday, calling the issue a "wound in human history".
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Last Known Survivor Of Amazon Tribe, Who Evaded Contact, Dies
For more than 20 years he lived alone in the Brazilian Amazon eating nuts, fruit and game -- a symbol of the struggle of indigenous people who exist in isolation in the rainforest.
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Last Survivor Of A Slave Ship Identified, And Her Story Is Remarkable
Researchers have identified Redoshi as the last known African-born survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade when she died in 1937, according to a statement released Tuesday by Newcastle University in Great Britain.
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Emma Morano, Last Known Survivor Of 19th Century, Dies In Italy At Age 117
Emma Morano, who at 117 was believed to be the world's oldest person and the last to be born in the 19th century, died on Saturday, Italian media reported.
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Body Of Tortoise 'Lonesome George' Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 -- returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands on Friday.
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Haiti Death Toll Hits 473 As Survivors Plead For Aid
At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials said Tuesday, as hard-hit communities struggled to rebuild homes and access food and clean water.
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Paris Attacks Suspect Refused End To 24/7 Jail Cell Surveillance
A French judge on Friday rejected a demand that jail guards stop round-the-clock video surveillance of the only known survivor of a group of Islamist militants who killed 130 people in Paris last November.
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Last Known Survivor Of Japan's Wartime Sexual Slavery Dies In Taiwan
Taiwan's last known survivor of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, the island's foreign ministry said Tuesday, calling the issue a "wound in human history".
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Last Known Survivor Of Amazon Tribe, Who Evaded Contact, Dies
For more than 20 years he lived alone in the Brazilian Amazon eating nuts, fruit and game -- a symbol of the struggle of indigenous people who exist in isolation in the rainforest.
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Last Survivor Of A Slave Ship Identified, And Her Story Is Remarkable
Researchers have identified Redoshi as the last known African-born survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade when she died in 1937, according to a statement released Tuesday by Newcastle University in Great Britain.
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Emma Morano, Last Known Survivor Of 19th Century, Dies In Italy At Age 117
Emma Morano, who at 117 was believed to be the world's oldest person and the last to be born in the 19th century, died on Saturday, Italian media reported.
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Body Of Tortoise 'Lonesome George' Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 -- returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands on Friday.
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Haiti Death Toll Hits 473 As Survivors Plead For Aid
At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials said Tuesday, as hard-hit communities struggled to rebuild homes and access food and clean water.
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Paris Attacks Suspect Refused End To 24/7 Jail Cell Surveillance
A French judge on Friday rejected a demand that jail guards stop round-the-clock video surveillance of the only known survivor of a group of Islamist militants who killed 130 people in Paris last November.
