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A statue of Ronald Reagan will be unveiled near the US embassy in London on Monday. How did this come about?

Once upon a time, 4 July in London was the occasion for a grand party at the American ambassador’s vast residence in Regent’s Park.

The diplomatic corps, leading MPs, titans of industry, and we sparrows of the press would feast on hamburgers, hot dogs and crumbs of gossip on the vast back lawn.

But this is the Age of Austerity. The party is over. This year, the big 4 July event in London will be held in Grosvenor Square just across from the American embassy and it is a private affair not hosted by the US government. A statue of Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States, will be unveiled.
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Down steep steps underground and into the dark, the air is thick, smoky and hot in this bunker in soon-to-be independent South Sudan.

A pair of handcuffs dangle from a metal girder on the blacked ceiling: A grim reminder of the torture that once went on here.

For South Sudan, already struggling to contain violence, this place offers the starkest of warnings that the future must not be like the past.

“Is this nation going to be an inclusive nation?” asked Jok Madut Jok, a southern academic and history professor at Loyola Marymount University in California, speaking in a recent public lecture.
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