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Former Iraq President Named UN Refugee Chief, Document Shows

Iraq's former president Barham Salih has been chosen as the next High Commissioner for Refugees for the United Nations, a ...
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Former Iraqi President Barham Salih to lead UN refugee agency

Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president who fled persecution under Saddam Hussein, has been appointed the next U.N. High ...

Iraqi ex-president Salih on track to lead UN refugee agency and take over from Grandi, letter says

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih is on track to become the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, according to a letter ...

How Joyce DiDonato's childhood inspired her role in 'Amahl and the Night Visitors'

Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” is coming to New York’s Lincoln Center Theater. This beloved ...
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Gaza Civil Defense Says 13 Dead as Heavy Rains Batter Territory

Gaza's civil defense agency on Friday said at least 13 people had died in the last 24 hours, including three children who ...

Rare fresco of Jesus as the 'Good Shepherd' uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a significant fresco of Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" from Anatolia's early Christian ...