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South Korean student activist Lim Su-kyung dancing with North Korean students during her illegal visit to DPRK. Pyeongyang 1989.
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Pope John Paul II meeting with Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1987. (896x865)
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Homeless family eating outside their tent near Marina Street (Barcelona), 1929-1935
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Early 1900s portrait of New York Society for the Suppression of Vice secretary Anthony Comstock, who waged extensive legal & censorship campaigns against abortion, masturbation, contraception, gambling, prostitution & pornography. He was a major influence on FBI director J Edgar Hoover (600x475)
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Indonesian dictator Suharto smoking a cigar & target shooting at his family ranch, 1994. Overthrowing revolutionary leader Sukarno in 1967, Suharto also instigated a genocide against communists & other dissident groups. He ruled for over 31 years & acquired a fortune of up to $35 billion (1200x800)
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Warsaw Uprising: First German POW's being taken from Main Post Office to PKO building on Świętokrzyska Street. Warsaw, August 1, 1944. Photo by Eugeniusz Lokajski "Brok".
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U - 530 (U boat 530) the nazi submarine that surrendered to argentine forces in the naval base of mar del plata, 10 of july 1945
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Korean independence activist Hong Beom-do attending the Far Eastern People's Congress, sporting a pistol rewarded by Lenin. Moscow, 1922.
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Camión Pitufo (lit. Smurf truck) of the Panama Defense Forces, Mercedes Benz trucks equipped with water cannons that shot chemical laced water to crowds protesting against the military government, 1987-1989
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"Helldorado Days" - Parade celebrating pioneer heritage in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1955
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