Two common types of plastic — polyethylene and polypropylene, used widely to make food containers, packaging, milk jugs and bottle caps — produced the most hydroxyl radicals detected by the researchers.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Oct. 2026
Struck by the negative representations of Arabs in the media, Odeh was appointed regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, whose East Coast offices had been targeted by extremists in 1985.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Oct. 2026
In Nice, far-right extremists fought with demonstrators downtown and 11 people were arrested, regional authorities said.
The most recent, Vietnam, was won by the communist rebels, and that country is stable today.
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Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Oct. 2026
In December 2024, Syrian rebels streamed into Damascus in a surprise attack that toppled President Bashar al-Assad and put an end to more than 13 bloody years of civil war.
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