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Urgent: South Carolina governor signs bill on removing Confederate flag

Xinhua, July 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The governor of U.S. state of South Carolina, Nikki Harley, signed on Thursday afternoon a bill on the removal of the controversial Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds amid heated debates over the symbolism of the flag that belonged to the pro-slavery side in the U.S. Civil War. Endite