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First clown in space launches biggest show on and off Earth

Published: 10 October, 2009, 07:44


Circus entrepreneur and the "first clown in space", Guy Laliberte has put on a show that was literally out of this world. The space tourist directed a performance dedicated to the problem of water shortages on Earth.

 
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