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Demonstrators in riot-hit New Caledonia refuse to abandon road blocks
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Assange granted last-gasp appeal in bid to avoid US extradition
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analysis:In Iran, presidents come and go — the real source of the regime's power is the supreme leader
Iran's notorious security enforcement machine — led by the Revolutionary Guard — will be on high alert across the country following the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.
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Iran's president has died in a helicopter crash. Here's what happens next
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have died in a helicopter crash. These experts explain who is charge in the interim, when the next election will be held, and what their deaths means for foreign policy.
Who was Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi?
Nuclear ambitions, animosity with Israel and a hard line on women made Ebrahim Raisi a likely successor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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