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Briton, Aussie killed in Solomon Islands by WWII bomb blast

by Associated Press
| September 21, 2020 2:03 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two men from Britain and Australia who were working in the Solomon Islands to locate bombs left behind from World War II have died after one of the bombs exploded, authorities said Monday.

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