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Murder, deadly biological weapons, the torture of prisoners never formally charged with crimes and one of history's largest mass suicides are just a few of the violent events that took place on ...
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After years of both importing famous designers and copying strange structures from abroad, Xi Jinping, the leader of China's Communist Party has declared an end to offbeat construction projects ...
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In a series of six superb videos, Al Jazeera explores the gritty reality of architects and urban designers as activists in destinations from Vietnam and Nigeria to Pakistan and Brazil. Five of ...
