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AK-47 designer, Mikhail Kalashnikov, dead at 94

Mikhail Kalashnikov designed the AK-47 in 1947 to protect his homeland. The weapons are known for being cheap, powerful and virtually indestructible, and an estimated 100 million have been manufactured. Jeff Glor reports.
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