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Suspicious letter sent to German president

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German authorities say they have destroyed a letter addressed to the country's president that was suspected of containing explosives.

 

A spokesman for President Joachim Gauck's office said the letter was found during routine checks on mail late Friday morning. Experts then decided to carry out a controlled detonation of the letter in the park outside the president's Bellevue palace in downtown Berlin. (AP)

 

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