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Argentine human rights activist dies, aged 106

[ad_1] AFP via Getty ImagesThe Argentine human rights activist Rosa Roisinblit has died at the age of 106, her organisation says.She was honorary president and a founding member of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group that searched for children stolen during Argentina's military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983."We only have words of gratitude for her dedication... and the love with which she searched for the grandsons and granddaughters
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Crowds flock to Vatican as teenager made first millennial saint

[ad_1] The first millennial saint has been canonised by Pope Leo on Sunday, with thousands attending the ceremony in Rome. Carlo Acutis, a London-born Italian boy, died of leukaemia in 2006, aged 15. He has been labelled "the patron saint of the internet" for his work recording miracles online, and running websites for Catholic organisations. A picture of Carlo Acutis hung in Saint Peter's Square as the Pope praised the
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Lisbon funicular brake guard among 16 killed

[ad_1] Jemma Crew & Doug FaulknerBBC News'I'll never take the funicular again': Witness on moment of the crashPortugal is reeling after 16 people died and around 20 were injured when Lisbon's famous Glória funicular cable railway derailed on Wednesday evening.Five of those killed were Portuguese along with three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, an American, a Ukrainian, a Swiss and a French national, police say.Police have not yet confirmed