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In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Bows
Shame
Horror
Committed
Europe
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History
Massacres
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Horrors

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