And in the wake of that, after four years, a quarter of a million people were dead, two and a half million people were refugees, many of them have still not gone home.

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To the contrary, some of the provisions that expired on December 31, 2011 were never intended to be perpetually extended, and are likely dead and gone.

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Her cargo was gone and her original crew, two South Koreans and 13 Chinese, were missing, presumed dead.

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