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Iran's Former President Rafsanjani's Funeral
Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's funeral.
Gambian minister resigns, he says, over President's failure to go.
Brazil has defends controversial Amazon dam plan.
Ayatollah Rafsanjani's funeral - taking place today - is expected to become a show of force by Iran's reformists and moderates who looked to the former president for direction in recent years.
The Gambian Communication Minister, Sheriff Bojang, says he has resigned his post in protest against President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to accept his defeat in last month's presidential election.
The Brazilian government has defended its controversial dam building programme in the Amazon forest.
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