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Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov dies

The death has been confirmed of Uzbekistan's long-standing president - Islam Karimov - after days of speculation about his deteriorating health.

The death has been confirmed of Uzbekistan's long-standing President - Islam Karimov - after days of speculation about his deteriorating health.
Last-ditch efforts to avoid a planned blockade around the Port of Calais have failed.
The controversial advertising campaign encouraging Italians to have babies
and the Indian city that Mother Theresa made her home marks her beatification

(picture: President Karimov credit: AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev).

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