Japanese official attacked
Published: 10 December, 2008, 10:43
A Japanese official was attacked last night in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a city on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East.
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Published: 10 December, 2008, 10:43
A Japanese official was attacked last night in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a city on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East.