Weak Hironaka theorem

The purpose of this note is to give a simple proof of the following theorem: Let $X$ be a normal projective variety over an algebraically closed field $k$, $\op{char} k = 0$ and let $D \subset X$ be a proper closed subvariety of $X$. Then there exist a smooth projective variety $M$, a strict normal crossings divisor $R \subset M$ and a bi...More