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Urgent: Israel's ex-president Peres dies

Xinhua, September 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

Shimon Peres, former Israeli president and the nation's eldest statesman, passed away at a hospital outside Tel Aviv Wednesday morning, two weeks after he suffered a stroke, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Xinhua. Endi