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25Aug/16

wreckage of the DC6B plane carrying Dag Hammarskjold in a forest near Ndola, Zambia

U.N. chief wants review of any new details on crash that killed Hammarskjold

August 25, 2016PoliticsAwards, Ban, Ban Ki, Ban Ki-moon, Belgium, Dag, Dag Hammarskjöld, Democratic Republic of Congo, Disaster/Accident, Hammarskjold, Nobel laureates, Orders, decorations, and medals, Secretary-General of the United Nations, South Africa, Swedish nobility, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Secretariat, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwesmbale

UNITED NATIONS Aug 24 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended on Wednesday that the world body appoint an eminent person to review any new information uncovered about a 1961 plane crash that killed then U.N. chief Dag Hammarskjold.
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07Dec/15

Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich

Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich says truth is her main objective

December 7, 2015Human InterestAfghanistan, Aleksievich, Alexander Lukashenko, Anti-Russian sentiment, Awards, Belarus, Chernobyl, France, Germany, Nobel laureates, Nobel Prize in Literature, Putin, Soviet Union, Stockholm, Svetlana, Svetlana Alexievich, Sweden, Ukraine, Voices from Chernobyl, Writerssmbale

Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of the harshness of life in the Soviet Union, says her main objective is to tell the truth.
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