In a mountain town controlled by guerrillas, flags hidden for years out of fear reappeared on rooftops.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
10 Dec. 2025
Armed with quantitative and qualitative data, matrix members regularly meet with stakeholders – including victims, former guerrillas and politicians – to assess the status of implementation and to identify areas that need to be prioritized.
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Josefina Echavarria Alvarez,
The Conversation,
3 Dec. 2025
Denmark has mandatory military service for both men and women, but the small number of Greenlandic soldiers who join the Danish defense forces are all volunteers.
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Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
Harry then shifted from policy to personal experience, emphasizing that the mission was fatal for many soldiers who were deployed.
The fact that this extremely complex and grueling mission was successfully executed with so few injuries is a testament to the expertise of our joint warriors.
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January 8,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Loyalty, even in the face of death Two thousand years later, and half a world away, the samurai warriors of Japan also famously focused on honor.
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Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
By the end of the war in 1944, the hotel had seen its share of wear and tear—more than 100,000 servicemen traipsed through the hotel over the two years—and Laughner decided to sell, at quite a loss.
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Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2025
Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024.
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