'Human error' blamed for Press Association's Auschwitz photo gaffe
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News agency illustrates story on Cardiff mum's rail protest with image of Nazi death campBemused readers of a number of local newspapers, including the Cambridge News, were today greeted with an image of Nazi death camp Auschwitz – illustrating a story about a Cardiff mum's rail protest. Eyebrows raised? As well they should, but the finger of blame points at Press Association, which pumps news to a number of local sites around the UK.
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