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Outcry prompts ‘Call of Duty’ to cut Seoul tragedy footage

American video game publisher Activision said Friday that it was removing controversial footage from its newly released “Call of Duty” game after an outcry in South Korea over the inclusion of real-life footage from a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush in Seoul.

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"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4" takes players through the real-world anxiety of a war in the Korean Peninsula. 

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"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4" takes players through the real-world anxiety of a war in the Korean Peninsula. 
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Hong Kong leader apologizes for deadly fire that tested Beijing’s grip on city

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader made a rare apology Thursday for a residential fire that killed 168 people last year, announcing that a top housing official would resign after an investigation blamed corruption and regulatory failures for the Chinese territory’s worst human-caused disaster in decades.

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A fire last November at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, engulfed seven of its eight towers, killing 168 people.

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A fire last November at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, engulfed seven of its eight towers, killing 168 people.

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A fire last November at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, engulfed seven of its eight towers, killing 168 people.

© Philip Fong

A fire last November at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, engulfed seven of its eight towers, killing 168 people.
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