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TIL President Dési Bouterse of Suriname is still in office despite being sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing political opponents by a Surinamese court. He has immunity as president and has appealed the decision.

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LQbpP TIL Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at Ohio State University is not named after the confederate general, but the American playwright of the same name. His wife voiced many Hanna Barbara characters.
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