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Pilot and player in Chapecoense tragedy joke

Chapecoense team and crew filmed joking around on board of doomed flight

The Chapecoense team felt the journey would 'give them luck'.

Dec 1, 2016

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Brazil

Canadian judge faces sacking for 'victim-blaming' conduct in rape trial

Among other remarks, the judge asked the complainant why she could not 'just keep her knees together'.

Dec 1, 2016

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Movie theatre fire before Apec summit may have been intentional, says Peru

The fire at the movie theatre in Larcomar shopping mall killed four people.

Dec 1, 2016

By Divya Kishore

Colombia's government ratifies historic peace deal with Farc ending 50 years of bloodshed

The country's house of representatives unanimously endorsed the deal after a 13-hour Senate debate.

Dec 1, 2016

By Brendan Cole

Brazilian plane crash: Families mourn as vigils are held

Chapecoense tragedy: Pilot's desperate last words reveal that crashed plane ran out of fuel

In audiotapes broadcast on Colombian media, pilot begs control tower for emergency runway.

Dec 1, 2016

By Tareq Haddad

Remembering the 20 journalists who were killed in the Chapecoense plane crash

Only one of the journalist survived the disaster, while another one did not board the flight.

Nov 30, 2016

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Brazil

Emotional Cubans line the streets of Havana to say goodbye to Fidel Castro

Many Cubans were overcome with grief as the remains of the only leader they had ever known passed by.

Nov 30, 2016

By David Sim

Politics Pictures

Thousands of Chapecoense fans gather to remember hero victims of Colombian flight

The Cinderella team had been due to face Atletico Nacional in South America's equivalent of the Europa League.

Nov 30, 2016

By Callum Paton

Names and photos of Chapecoense players who died in plane crash

Colombia's worst air disaster in two decades killed 75 people, including 19 of the 22 football players on board.

Nov 30, 2016

By Alex Wheeler

Brazilian fans and football world mourn death of Chapecoense players

The scale of the loss was staggering in Chapeco, a city where it takes a tenth of the population to fill the small stadium's 20,000 seats.

Nov 30, 2016

By David Sim

Brazil

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe mourns fellow revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro

President Mugabe paid tribute to Fidel Castro saying the Cuban was also the leader of African people.

Nov 30, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Obama to send top White House aide to Fidel Castro funeral instead of delegation

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest cited complicated relationship between US and Cuba for the decision.

Nov 30, 2016

By Nicole Rojas

Colombia plane crash: Both black boxes recovered from crash site as Brazil mourns

Flight data and cockpit voice recordings expected to throw light on cause of the crash.

Nov 30, 2016

By Vasudevan Sridharan

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