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A century after Lenin’s death, the USSR’s founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Not long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and thrilled the grieving country with these words: “Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.” A century later, the once-omnipresent image of Vladimir Lenin is largely an afterthought in modern Russia, despite those

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San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department educates public on human trafficking prevention

Last week the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department partnered with the ‘Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation’ to host a meeting in Victorville aimed at providing human trafficking prevention information. The event featured keynote speaker and human trafficking survivor, Russel G. Wilson. He shared preventative measures, and emphasized that human trafficking affects a number of individuals regardless

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North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an ‘early date’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday it has agreed to further strategic and tactical cooperation with Russia to establish a “new multi-polarized international order,” as the two countries work to build a united front in the face of their separate, intensifying tensions with the United States. In

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