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Children die after watching New Year’s Eve firework display

CNN Wire Service
January 1, 2013

More than 60 children died in a crush in the early hours Tuesday after watching a New Year’s Eve fireworks display in the former Ivory Coast capital, Abidjan, state media reported.The victims ranged in age from 8 to 15, according to official news agency AIP.

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