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Aleppo Evacuation Halted

16/12/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, Aleppo Evacuation Halted

Picture confused as buses turned back, warnings of genocide in South Sudan, Big Ben quiet

Picture confused as buses from the remaining rebel enclave are turned back, warnings of genocide in South Sudan as people flee to Uganda, Big Ben bongs to go silent for six months

Picture confused as buses turned back, warnings of genocide in South Sudan as people flee across the border to Uganda, Big Ben bongs to go silent for six months during renovation

(Picture: Evacuees from eastern Aleppo arrive in the western part of the city;
credit: Reuters)

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