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Dec 2024
33m 20s

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies

Bbc World Service
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Carter went on to become an international statesman and human rights campaigner. Also: South Korea mourns the victims of its worst-ever air disaster. And incumbent in Croatia elections fails to avoid second round.

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