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For 137 years, the construction of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia had been carried out illegally.
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It’s the Middle East arms race that many people don’t want to talk about. The White House may be preoccupied with Iran’s past pursuit of nuclear weapons and its present strategic status in the region. But simmering nearby is another rapid militarization, conducted by a favored family of the White …
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