The 100th anniversary of the Kishinev pogrom was commemorated. Politicians and dignitaries joined local Jews in Moldova on Monday to mark the events of April 7, 1903, when 49 Jews were killed and thousands left homeless after Jewish homes and businesses were torched by angry mobs.
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