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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, dead at 87

(AP) -- Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel has died. His death was announced Saturday by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. No other details were immediately available. Wiesel was

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