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A look back at CBS News coverage of Tiananmen Square

Twenty-five years ago, China’s communist leaders sent in tanks to put an end to weeks of peaceful protests in Tiananmen Square. The world watched as the Chinese pulled the plug on Dan Rather's coverage of the protests, while correspondent Richard Roth later described the slaughter in the square to Bob Schieffer. Maurice DuBois reports.
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