Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov dies

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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).