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China announces September military parade to mark end of WWII

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexandrovsky Garden. [AFP]

Chinese troops will parade through Beijing's Tiananmen Square alongside aircraft flypasts and high-tech weaponry to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, officials announced on Tuesday.

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