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World Service,11 Jun 2022,49 mins
How Sri Lanka's president survived a suicide bombing
The History HourAvailable for over a year
Max Pearson introduces first-hand accounts of the 2006 suicide bombing attack on Sri Lanka's president, the 75th anniversary of Anne Frank's diary and the 1968 assassination in the US of Bobby Kennedy. Plus, the birth of a crime fighting women's rights group in India and the moment the President of Gabon was shown the treasures of the rainforest.
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