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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 5 September

Associated Press Sunday, 6 September 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

MIGRANTS-CANADA-FAMILY

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Dozens of white balloons drift over Vancouver's harbor to honor the young Syrian boys whose deaths at sea sparked worldwide outrage about the refugee crisis. 

GUATEMALA-ELECTION

GUATEMALA CITY — An uncomfortable challenge confronts Guatemala's presidential candidates: trying to win the votes of a nation that put the last elected leader in jail. Most are old-guard candidates picked to run before an anti-corruption movement led to the collapse of the outgoing administration. 

GAY MARRIAGE-KENTUCKY

GRAYSON, Kentucky — The Kentucky clerk who refuses to give marriage licenses to gay couples is spending her Labor Day holiday in isolation at a jail with her Bible. .

ARGENTINA-FAMILY CAGED

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine man kept his troubled wife and autistic son in a filthy cage by day for at least two years, a prosecutor says.

TRINIDAD-ELECTIONS

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — The first female prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago faces a tough fight for re-election amid complaints about corruption and violent crime in the twin-island Caribbean nation. 

FOOD AND FARM-MINORITY WINEMAKERS

NORTH PLAINS, Oregon — Bertony Faustin didn't set out to be Oregon's first black winemaker. He just wanted to make good wine. But the disbelief that often comes when customers realize a black man owns the winery has worn on him. 

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