Episode
Frontline: Global Dumping Ground
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Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1990-10-02
Episode context
Global Dumping Ground is Episode 6 in Season 9 of Frontline. It aired on 1990-10-02.
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