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Bodies of Africans were once dug up and sent to Europe for research. Now they are coming home
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The remains of dozens of Africans whose bodies were dug up and sent to Europe for scientific research long ago were reburied Monday in South Africa, whose president called the practice "rooted in racism and used to advance theories of European racial superiority.
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Belgian court orders trial of ex-diplomat for Congo independence icon Patrice Lumumba's killing
In a rare judgment on Belgian involvement in a former colony, a Belgian court ordered on Tuesday that a 93-year-old former diplomat stand trial for the 1961 assassination of Congo's former prime minister and independence icon, Patrice Lumumba, according to local media reports.
