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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guard in the Regia Hall in the Apostolic palace at the Vatican on January 24, 2020. The Regia hall was begun under Pope Paul III by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and was completed in 1573. The walls were decorated by Livio Agresti, Giorgio Vasari and Taddeo Zuccari. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards playing music at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on may 6,2009. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace ( palais apostolique ) is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Pope Francis in the private library in the apostolic palace at the Vatican on May 25, 2018. It is the room where the pope attends the private audiences with Kings, Presidents, chiefs of Government, cardinals ... -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace ( palais apostolique ) is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Cardinals in the Clementine hall at the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican. - The Clementine Hall was established in the 16th century by Pope Clement VIII in honor of Pope Clement I, the third successor of St. Peter. The Clementine Hall is covered in Renaissance frescoes and valuable works of art. It is used by the pope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Hall is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards stand watch at the bronze door (Portone di Bronzo ) main entrance to the Apostolic Palace and the papal apartments at the Vatican on June 6, 2018. The Bronze Door is a storied portal that for centuries has informed the faithful of the death of a pope.Tradition is that officials over the centuries have closed the massive door under a portico off St. Peter's Square when a pope dies and have kept it shut until a new pontiff is elected. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards on the staircase Pius IX going to the Cortile di San Damaso at the apostolic palace, Vatican on February 9, 2018. The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards stand watch at the bronze door (Portone di Bronzo) main entrance to the Apostolic Palace and the papal apartments at the Vatican on November 26, 2018. The Bronze Door is a storied portal that for centuries has informed the faithful of the death of a pope.Tradition is that officials over the centuries have closed the massive door under a portico off St. Peter's Square when a pope dies and have kept it shut until a new pontiff is elected. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Vatican 2018. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards on the staircase Pius IX going to the Cortile di San Damaso at the apostolic palace, Vatican on June 30, 2018. The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards in the courtyard of San Damaso on June 22, 2017. The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guards in the Second Loggia of Raphael at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on June 13, 2014. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

'Sediari' in the Antechamber or Room of the Attendants at the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on September 2013. -The Sediari were the men who had the honour of carrying the Pope's royal chair on his outings. Their duties include staffing the papal antechamber, where they receive heads of state and ambassadors and usher them into audiences with the pope. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace ( palais apostolique ) is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Papal coat of arms on a lock in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on May 4, 2017. - The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guard in the 'Scala Regia' (Royal Staircase) at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on May 26, 2017. It is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the early 16th century, to connect the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1663 to 1666. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guard in the Second Loggia of Raphael at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on June 13, 2014. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

A Swiss guard and the Vatican's flag on the apostolic palace on July 11, 2009. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards in the Clementine hall at the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on November 28, 2002. - The Clementine Hall was established in the 16th century by Pope Clement VIII in honor of Pope Clement I, the third successor of St. Peter. The Clementine Hall is covered in Renaissance frescoes and valuable works of art. It is used by the pope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Hall is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guard in the Second Loggia of Raphael at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on June 13, 2014. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guard in the first Loggia of Raphael at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on February 22, 2014. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guards in the Second Loggia of Raphael at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on December 21, 2007. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards in the Clementine hall at the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on November 28, 2002. - The Clementine Hall was established in the 16th century by Pope Clement VIII in honor of Pope Clement I, the third successor of St. Peter. The Clementine Hall is covered in Renaissance frescoes and valuable works of art. It is used by the pope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Hall is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guard in the 'Scala Regia' (Royal Staircase) at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on February 18, 2012. It is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the early 16th century, to connect the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1663 to 1666. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Papal coat of arms on a switch in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on February 20, 2013. The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guards and bishops in the Second Loggia of Raphael at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on December 21, 2007. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Geographical map in the third Loggia of Raphael (also called Loggia della Cosmografia - Cosmographic Loggia) in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on March 2007. The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Secretive wartime weapons lab drawing fresh attention

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nobuo Igarashi, one of the former workers who divulge their wartime memories in the documentary film "Army Noborito Laboratory," gives an interview on Aug. 30, 2013, in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Secretive wartime weapons lab drawing fresh attention

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Enji Ota, one of the former workers who divulge their wartime memories in the documentary film "Army Noborito Laboratory," gives an interview on Sept. 5, 2013, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Ex-agent, abductee kin to meet soon: S. Korea foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui who arrived in Gimpo airport in South Korea in December 1987 after being arrested for her involvement in the fatal bombing of a South Korean airliner. South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan said Feb. 11 that Kim can soon meet with the relatives of Japanese woman Yaeko Taguchi, who is believed to have taught Japanese to Kim in North Korea after being abducted to the secretive country in 1978. North Korea said Taguchi already died but her family members say they do not believe it and have long called for information about her whereabouts.

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Police raids

KAMIKUISHIKI, Japan - Riot police, wearing gas masks and protective suits, sor out chemical containing bags from one of the communes in Kamikuishiki village, Yamanashi Prefecture, of Aum Shinrikyo, as they resume raids on the secretive religious cult March 23.

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Former Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Charged With Acting As Agent Of UAE

File photo dated July 21, 2016 of Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital, makes remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH, USA. Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the chair of former President Trumps inaugural committee and a prominent Southern California businessman, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he and two associates were part of a secretive, years-long effort to shape Trumps foreign policy as a candidate and later, president, all to the benefit of the United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Charged With Acting As Agent Of UAE

File photo dated July 21, 2016 of Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital, makes remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH, USA. Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the chair of former President Trumps inaugural committee and a prominent Southern California businessman, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he and two associates were part of a secretive, years-long effort to shape Trumps foreign policy as a candidate and later, president, all to the benefit of the United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Charged With Acting As Agent Of UAE

File photo dated July 21, 2016 of Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital, makes remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH, USA. Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the chair of former President Trumps inaugural committee and a prominent Southern California businessman, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he and two associates were part of a secretive, years-long effort to shape Trumps foreign policy as a candidate and later, president, all to the benefit of the United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Disturbia (2007)

Sarah Roemer Characters: Ashley Film: Disturbia (USA 2007) Director: D.J. Caruso 04 April 2007 Date: 04 April 2007

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The Island (2005)

Ewan Mcgregor Characters: Lincoln Six Echo Film: The Island (USA 2005) Director: Michael Bay 11 July 2005 Date: 11 July 2005

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Arabesque - film (1966)

Sophia Loren & Gregory Peck Characters: Yasmin Azir, Prof. David Pollock Film: Arabesque (USA 1966) Director: Stanley Donen 05 May 1966 Date: 05-May-66