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Indonesian people have to regain power, regain control over their own country. And that will never come without a struggle.

Andre Vltchek

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Andre Vltchek
Age: 57 †
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
Died: 2020
Died: September 22
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
St. Petersburg
Struggle
Control
Power
Come
Without
Country
Never
Indonesian
People
Regain

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[Donald] Trump: he'd probably declare in Hiroshima that he'd nuke half of Asia if it would help the West to retain its control over the world. At least one would not harbor any false hopes.
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