This article is based on the speech delivered by the author on the occasion of the anniversary of Army Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in
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During a ceremony at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on April 7, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame lit a memorial torch, a flame of remembrance set to burn for
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