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By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash during bad weather in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday. The small propeller plane was nearing the end of its 400km (248 mile) trip between Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, and the remote jungle town of Barcelos when it went down. Officials said all those on ...

By George Wright & Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News Image caption, Ali Bongo was declared the winner of Saturday’s election, which the opposition argued was fraudulent Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power.  They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.  The electoral commission ...