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Boston Calling: Boston's Thorny Questions

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11/05/2013

Boston's Thorny Questions

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The duel tasks of honouring victims and compensating survivors of the Boston Marathon

How to honour the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and compensate the survivors. Burying one of the Boston bombing suspects. And the American who dreams of playing Napoleon.

How best to honour the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and compensate the survivors. The weeks-long effort to bury one of the Boston bombing suspects finally ends. The American man who dreams of playing Napoleon. And a border fence that unites those it divides.

(Photo: The memorial site in Copley Square to the Boston Marathon bombings is seen on Boylston Street. Credit: Getty Images)

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