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Now playing Next no comment UK beach art commemorates US troops in WW2 tragedy Art installation commemorates US troops in 75th anniversary of Devon war tragedy 28/04/2019
Now playing Next Luxembourg Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Jean dies aged 98 During his 36 years as Grand Duke, his country of half a million inhabitants wedged in between Belgium, Germany and France, turned from an industrial backwater into an international financial hub. 23/04/2019
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Now playing Next Greece Greece parliament demand Germany pay WWII reparations Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said demanding reparations is "a historic and moral duty and a duty in memory of the heroes of the past." 19/04/2019
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