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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHEVERNY : THE SOUTH FACADE IS IN BOURRE STONE, A STONE THAT COMES FROM THE BED OF CHER, WHICH IS MORE RESISTANT THAN THE TUFFEAU STONE OF THE LOIRE, AND HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF WHITEWASH OVER TIME. IT IS DECORATED WITH BUSTS OF ROMAN EMPERORS CARVED "IN THE ANTIQUE", IN VOGUE SINCE THE RENAISSANCE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Koreans protest Japanese textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - Two young women put their signatures in protest over Japanese history textbooks during a boycott campaign against Japanese goods organized by civil groups in Seoul on May 8. The South Koran government formally demanded Japan make 35 revisions to eight history textbooks it says glorify Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and whitewash wartime atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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S. Korea demands 35 revisions to Japanese textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung Soo (R) hands over documents to Japanese Ambassador Terusuke Terada at his ministry in Seoul on May 8, demanding Japan make 35 revisions to eight controversial history textbooks. South Korea feels the textbooks justify Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and whitewash wartime atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Protestors, Indonesian police clash over Aceh massacre trial

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Scores of Acehnese students clash with Indonesian police April 19 in front of the Banda Aceh District Court where a military-civilian trial against 24 military men and a civilian accused of massacring at least 57 people in Aceh Province began. The protesters demanded an end to the trial, which they charged is a ''farce'' that may lead to a ''whitewash.''

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Protestors, Indonesian police clash over Aceh massacre trial

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Scores of Acehnese students clash with Indonesian police April 19 in front of the Banda Aceh District Court where a military-civilian trial against 24 military men and a civilian accused of massacring at least 57 people in Aceh Province began. The protesters demanded an end to the trial, which they charged is a ''farce'' that may lead to a ''whitewash.''

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China warns against 'whitewashing' of aggression at Security Council

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R, front row) warns against attempts to "whitewash past crimes of aggression" in New York on Feb. 23, 2015, as he presides over an open debate at the U.N. Security Council marking the 70th anniversary of the end to World War II. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon sits next to Wang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China warns against whitewashing past crimes of aggression

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi presides over an open debate to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II at the U.N. Security Council in New York on Feb. 23, 2015. Wang said that "although the historical facts have long been made clear on the war against fascism, there are still some who are reluctant to recognize the truth and even attempt to overturn the verdict and whitewash past crimes of aggression." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Uchiyama gets Davis Cup consolation win for Japan

Yasutaka Uchiyama hits a forehand on his way to scoring a consolation win against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final reverse singles to prevent a whitewash for Japan in its Davis Cup World Group first-round tie against France at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea demands 35 revisions to Japanese textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung Soo (R) hands over documents to Japanese Ambassador Terusuke Terada at his ministry in Seoul on May 8, demanding Japan make 35 revisions to eight controversial history textbooks. South Korea feels the textbooks justify Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and whitewash wartime atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army.