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Most Correspondents Came From The Former Colonial Powers - There Were British, French, And A Lot Of Italians, Because There Were A Lot Of Italian Communities There. And Of Course There Were A Lot Of Russians.

-Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Most Correspondents Came From The Former Colonial

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Most Correspondents Came From The Former Colonial Powers - There Were British, French, And A Lot Of Italians, Because There Were A Lot Of Italian Communities There. And Of Course There Were A Lot Of Russians.

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