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Page last updated at 04:09 GMT, Sunday, 28 June 2009 05:09 UK

Red Cross marks 150 years

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The Red Cross is marking the 150th anniversary of the battle which inspired Henri Dunant to found the world's best known humanitarian movement.

The battle of Solferino, a conflict between the armies of Austria, France and Italy, left 40,000 soldiers dead or dying with almost no medical help.

Imogen Foulkes reports from the festivities in Solferino.

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