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Greek bomb drama

70,000 people were evacuated in the city of Thessaloniki as soldiers worked to make an unexploded bomb safe. It's thought to be the largest evacuation in Greece since the Second World War. Greek journalist Marianna Karakoulaki told the Newsroom more about the bomb and how it came to be there.
(Photo: Hellenic Army's Explosives Ordnance personnel prepare to make bomb safe; Reuters/ Alexandros Avramidis)

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