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World Service,10 May 1993,42 mins

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News from around the world in December 1812, including a humiliating defeat for Napoleon, the Venezuelan revolution crushed by Spain, and war breaks out between Great Britain and the United States. Told by front-line reporters and interviews... Presented by Michael Bullon

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