The 12 inmates included two girls, one Italian Catholic and one of Serbian Muslim origin, local prison ombudsman Angiolo Marroni said ahead of the ceremony.

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Some local variations even point to their origin.

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Before an appeal on the ruling was decided, the State Legislature passed a bill that forbids local agencies from restricting the importation of trash based on origin.

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Local media have described the gunman as an American man of Korean origin, who does not have a criminal record.

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Media that discriminates against its professionals on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, disability or otherwise, severely compromises the independence and pluralism of information conveyed to local, national and international communities.

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But then he does something unique in the world: While the rums start in the traditional fashion, produced in local distilleries and barrel-aged in the tropical sun, they are plucked from their country of origin at just the right moment and brought to the Ferrand estate in France, where they are refined for several more months in small French oak Ferrand cognac barrels.

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