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was a prominent Essex
landowner who waged an Kenya, India, Mexico,
armed campaign against the Ireland, and Norway
neighbouring town of are elected to the
St Mary the Virgin Church, Colchester. With connections United Nations Security
Little Dunmow, FitzWalter's Council as non-
to the powerful de Clare family,
burial place permanent members
who had arrived in England at
the time of the Norman from 2021.
conquest, the FitzWalter family was of a noble and Press freedom
ancient lineage. They held estates across Essex, as advocates condemn
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well as properties in London and Norfolk. John the conviction of
FitzWalter played a prominent role during the early Rappler CEO Maria Ressa (pictured) for
years of King Edward III's wars in France. FitzWalter's cyberlibel in the Philippines.
dispute with Colchester was exacerbated when At least twenty soldiers are killed during
townsmen illegally entered his park in Lexden; in return, skirmishes along the Line of Actual
he banned them from one of their own watermills. In Control between China and India.
1342, he ransacked Colchester, destroyed its market, Ongoing: George Floyd protests · Hong
and besieged the town, preventing anyone from Kong protests
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Tower of London for over a year until the king agreed to Jean Kennedy Smith
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Ana Santos Aramburo (born 1957) has been the

director of the National Library of Spain since
February 2013. Having received a degree in
geography and history from the University of
Zaragoza in Spain, she has spent much of her career
working at the Complutense University of Madrid, first
at the library of the Faculty of Economics and
Business Sciences, and later serving as deputy
director of the university library. Later she served as
Director of the Historical Library Marquis of Valdecilla,
General Director of Libraries and Archives of the City
of Madrid, and Director of Cultural Action at the
National Library. This photograph of Santos shows
her at the headquarters of the National Library of
Spain in Madrid.

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