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Apology to 'Magdalena Laundries' Survivors
Hundreds of people have gathered in Dublin to welcome home survivors of the Magdalene Laundries.
Irish President Michael D Higgins has apologised to thousands of women forced to work in the country's Magdalene Laundries - workshops for unmarried mothers.
And: Pakistani journalist who has openly criticised the military was briefly kidnapped by masked men in Lahore; and a man who's experienced locked in syndrome and now uses a voice synthesiser.
Photo: Survivor of the Magdalene laundries, Mary Foley. Credit: PA Wire/Brian Lawless)
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