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Dec 2024
29m 5s

20 years on: Remembering the tsunami

Bbc World Service
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Memorial events have been held around the Indian Ocean to mark 20 years since the tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people. Also: Did Russia down an Azerbaijani plane? And the rise of non-alcoholic wine.

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