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World Leaders Pay Tribute to Kofi Annan
World leaders pay tribute to former UN chief Kofi Annan, who has died at the age of 80
World leaders have been paying tribute to the former UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan, following his death at the age of 80. Also in the programme: victims of the Genoa bridge collapse in Italy have been given a state funeral, and President Putin puts on his dancing shoes at the wedding of the Austrian Foreign Minister, bringing Cossacks and controversy.
(Photo: Kofi Annan pictured in 2006. Credit: EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH)
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Sat 18 Aug 201820:06GMT
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