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The admitted secret agents were eventually flown to Austria, where, in a scene reminiscent of a Cold War spy drama, they were swapped on a Vienna airport tarmac for four men who had been imprisoned in Russia, most on charges of spying for the West.
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But Americans and Paraguayans alike scoff at claims of a base at Mariscal Estigarribia, close to the Bolivian border (the scene of a 1932-35 war).
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He assembled 22 of the former Winton children in one of the pre-war carriages for a scene in his new version of the story.
BBC: Czech evacuees thank their saviour
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One man who lost four of his brothers at war summed up the scene around him: "This was a battlefield for most of my life, " he said.
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The Prince then opened a museum Pegasus Bridge, the scene of one of the most crucial battles of the war.
BBC: Veterans remember Dunkirk rescue
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The sense of remoteness is however qualified by the rusty shell casings that litter the summit, a reminder that this border despite its inaccessibility was the scene of fierce artillery exchanges during the Iran-Iraq war.
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This tragic scene was the first of many memories I would collect during a war that would last nearly four years.
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Many bands and performers who were to become musical legends passed through the show including U2, REM, The Smiths, Depeche Mode and Joy Division - but of late On the Wire has taken a more relaxed view of the music scene and is as likely to play pre-war hillbilly music as much as experimental dance or dub.
BBC: Presenter profile: Steve Barker
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Muses may belong to the past but thanks in part to them, a war of the sexes has been avoided on the French cultural scene.
ECONOMIST: French muses
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Years of Taliban rule and war took a toll on the country's once-flourishing music scene.
WSJ: Young Afghans Face Backlash Over Music
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All of the actors do admirable work (especially Ribisi, who's the key element of a gruesome, truly heartbreaking scene) but this grab-bag sampling of The Great Melting Pot is a staple of the kind of war movie that Spielberg is supposed to be deconstructing.
CNN: From Reviewer Paul Tatara