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Tributes pour in for Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, from which modern Russia emerged, and is best known for opening up the USSR to the world
Figures from across the world are paying tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev who has died in Moscow aged 91.
The deadly fighting in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, appears to have subsided after Moqtada al-Sadr told his supporters to end their protests.
And Russia is shutting down gas supplies from a major pipeline to Europe for the next three days.
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