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Russian veteran firefighters visit Mitino cemetery in Moscow to commemorate those who died in the Chernobyl disaster. The explosion spewed a cloud of radiation over much of the northern hemisphere, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in heavily hit areas of Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia. (AP)
Russian veteran firefighters visit Mitino cemetery in Moscow to commemorate those who died in the Chernobyl disaster. The explosion spewed a cloud of radiation over much of the northern hemisphere, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in heavily hit areas of Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia. (AP)
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