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A Kurdish peshmerga fighter holds up a piece of clothing worn by an ISIS fighter on December 18, 2014. Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by ISIS.
Conflict
Kurdish fighters finally end the months-long siege of Mount Sinjar
People mourn the death of Nelson Mandela
Conflict & Justice
Does South Africa hold a lesson for the Middle East?