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The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission
On 24th April 1980, the US launched a disastrous attempt to free its hostages in Iran. Plus,the hunt for Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, the NATO bombing of Serbian TV, the death of Einstein and one of the most successful musicals of all time, Carousel.
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