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The Houthi-run government's health ministry denounced what it called Israel's "brutal crime", saying civilian facilities and residential buildings were hit and that eight people were killed.

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Raised in Sarajevo during the brutal breakup of Yugoslavia, he fled the Bosnian war as a teenager.

The Nazi family making fleeting appearances in the play underscores the brutal conformity demanded by fascism.

But Jones knows those are only drips compared to the brutal depths that exist beyond the pitch.

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Human Rights Council to appoint independent investigators to scrutinize “kidnapping arrests, prolonged detentions without due process of law and the brutal excessive use of force.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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