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Jeannie Rousseau (de Clarens), in 1939 or 1940.

‘What I did was so little’: Remembering World War II spy hero Jeannie Rousseau de Clarens

August 30, 2017Conflict

There are fewer and fewer heroes left from World War II. We remember a French woman, a spy, Jeannie Rousseau, who passed away last week.

Iran's President Hasan Rouhani addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2013.

Leaders try to put a little heat in frigid US-Iranian relations

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Despite Infighting, Syrian Opposition Makes Big Battlefield Gains

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