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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 6 March

Associated Press Monday, 7 March 2016, 08:14 Last update: about 11 years ago

OBIT-NANCY REAGAN

LOS ANGELES — Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president — and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease — has died at 94. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE

FLINT, Michigan — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled aggressively in a Democratic presidential debate Sunday night over trade, Wall Street influence and more, with Clinton accusing him of turning his back on the auto industry and Sanders countering that Clinton's friends on Wall Street had "destroyed this economy."

JIMMY CARTER-CANCER

ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter no longer needs treatment for the cancer diagnosis he revealed in August, a spokeswoman for the former president says. 

CUBA-EDUCATION

HAVANA — Cuba's blooming entrepreneurial system has quietly created something that looks much like a private education sector, with thousands of students across Cuba enrolled in dozens of afterschool and weekend foreign language and art schools. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-TRUMP-EVANGELICALS

NEW YORK — The list of prominent evangelicals denouncing Donald Trump is growing, but is anyone in the flock listening? The bloc of voters powering the real estate mogul through the Republican primaries is significantly weighted with white born-again Christians. 

2016-ELECTION-PUERTO RICO-GOP

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida easily wins Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary election, with supporters saying he would help lift the island out of its long economic slump. 

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