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An iconic personality: 'Mencintai Munir' highlights a private side of the late human rights activist who was murdered on a Garuda Indonesia flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam on Sept. 7, 2004. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda)

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Munir biography reminisces fallen human rights activist

A biography of late Indonesian human rights icon Munir sought to find the individual behind his larger-than-life image, introducing a new generation to his life and legacy.

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Spanish court formally sends Shakira to trial for tax fraud

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Changes: A departure from the duo's prior, radio-friendly EDM sound, Soundwave's latest album 'RE/SET' explores an edgier and more urban landscape. (Courtesy of Soundwave)

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NASA spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test

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Beloved furry friend: A corgi dog sits outside Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 11, three days after Her Majesty's death.

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Fashion escapism: A model presents a creation for the Weinsanto Spring-Summer 2023 fashion show during the Paris Fashion Week in Paris on Monday.

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Every James Bond fan who are into classic cars will be delighted to learn that they now have the opportunity to be able to buy and drive the same Aston Martin DB5 that was driven in the opening scene of the 'GoldenEye'.

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Aston Martin stunt car, Daniel Craig costumes star at James Bond auction

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License to print: Kuala Lumpur-based design studio LIE's risograph zine, 'Lain-Lain' at the Road to JKTABF 2020. Overseas participants from Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand will also take part in the JKTABF 2022. (Courtesy of RIOP)

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Jakarta Art Book Fair 2022 aims to provoke thoughts

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(L-R) Actor Evan Williams, director Andrew Dominki, actors Ana De Arnas, Adrien Brody, Sara Paxton, Xavier Samuel and Ryan Vincent arrive for the premiere of 'Blonde' at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on September 13, 2022.

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‘Museum pieces’: A replica of the tunnel that spanned West to East Berlin, built jointly by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6) during the Cold War, is on display at the revamped CIA Museum at the agency’s headquarters in McLean, Virginia.

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CIA's in-house museum adds new spy exhibits

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In this file photo taken on June 23, 2019 Rihanna appears onstage during the 2019 BET awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

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Musician Roger Waters performs at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 20, 2017.

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Polish venue cancels Roger Waters gigs after Ukraine comments

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Pharoah Sanders performs at North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands on July 14, 2018.Peter Van Breukelen / Redferns file

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Pharoah Sanders, cosmic jazz saxophonist and disciple of Coltrane, dead at 81

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Nietzsche says ‘Be Yourself’ in latest compilation of aphorisms

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Give back: British singer-actor Harry Styles arrives for the premiere of My Policeman during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 11. Styles, along with singer Ed Sheeran and other celebrities, has donated personal belongings in the Human Kind e-store, a campaign by the WHO Foundation to support healthcare in Ukraine.

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Harry Styles and other stars raising cash for WHO in Ukraine

British music stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, United States basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and other celebrities will donate personal objects for a campaign launched on Saturday to support healthcare in Ukraine.

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So long, maestro: Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders died on Saturday at age 81. According to his record label, Luaka Bop, Sanders passed away peacefully, surrounded by friends and family in Los Angeles, United States.

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Pharoah Sanders, cosmic jazz saxophonist, dead at 81

Pharoah Sanders, one of the most wildly inventive figures in jazz who wrestled his saxophone to its limits and felt equally at home in Indian and African music, died on Saturday. He was 81.

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Rest in love: Actress Louise Fletcher attends the premiere reception for Showtime's Shameless Season 2 at Haus Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on Jan. 5, 2012. Fletcher, who won an Oscar in 1976 for her performance as villain Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died, her family said in a statement to AFP on Saturday.

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Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher dies at 88

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Celestial hitchhiker: An undated illustration of 2020 XL5, a Trojan asteroid orbiting the Sun along the same path as Earth, is around 1.2 kilometers in diameter. It is known only the second known Trojan asteroid around Earth.

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Not a Hollywood movie: Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 10 in Washington, DC. Burns said in a podcast onThursday that his life as a special agent is nothing like Jason Bourne and James Bond.

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CIA chief: I’m no Jason Bourne, I drive an old Subaru

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Minimalist color: Models present creations from the Prada Spring/Summer 2023 collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on Thursday.

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Prada plays with contrasts at Milan Fashion Week show

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