Srebrenica Memorial Day service held in London in year of 30th anniversary of genocide in Bosnia
London's St Paul's Cathedral held a service making Srebrenica Memorial Day on Tuesday in the year of the 30th anniversary of the 1995 genocide in Bosnia.
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