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O ex-secretário de Estado dos EUA, Henry Kissinger, faleceu aos 100 anos de idade. Seu legado, incluindo seu envolvimento na guerra do Vietnã, é longo, complicado e divisivo.
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Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger has died, aged 100. His legacy, including his involvement in the Vietnam war, is long, complicated and divisive.
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Cameron Webb is a Friend of The Conversation.
Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Heat & Health; Director of Heat & Health Research Incubator; Director of Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Sydney
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Professor and Associate Dean Research, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Co-lead of the Humanitarian Settings research theme within the Heat and Health Research Incubator, Sydney School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Epidemiology and One Health, University of Sydney
