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Diplomatic sources told AFP that conditions are typically better in POW facilities than regular Ukrainian prisons.
From Barron's
The two sides failed to agree a ceasefire at the May meeting and two follow-ups in June and July, brokering only a major POW swap involving thousands of prisoners.
From Barron's
Pow Wow Grounds, a coffee shop a few blocks from where Oglala said tribal members were detained, has become a hub for Native American support groups and ICE observers.
Robert Rice, the owner of Pow Wow Grounds, said donations used to buy food and supplies have come from New York, Idaho and Texas, among other places.
Emile Goué, a French composer and prisoner in a German POW camp—where he contracted an illness that killed him shortly after the war ended—said that “music wasn’t entertainment or a game, but the very expression of our inner lives.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.