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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.

Lakhdar Brahimi

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Lakhdar Brahimi
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
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