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Belgian king expresses regret for violence in colonial rule

by Associated Press
| June 30, 2020 12:06 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — For the first time in Belgium's history, a reigning king expressed his regret Tuesday for the violence carried out by the former colonial power when it ruled over what is now Congo.

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