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UN members vote overwhelmingly to demand a ceasefire in Gaza
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Australian academic and social justIce advocate Helen Hill
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West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’

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Independent journalist Raimundos Oki
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)
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