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Source: BBC

Roundup

2-14-10

WWII bomb causes a scare in France [video 1 min 9 secs]

About 20,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Caen after an unexploded WWII bomb was discovered during building works.

Specialist teams in Normandy, northern France, later made safe the device.

Read entire article at BBC