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Obama offer to 5m illegal migrants

Nearly five million people living illegally in the US can escape deportation under sweeping changes unveiled by President Barack Obama.


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Relatives of 43 missing Mexican students, who the authorities say were murdered by a drugs gang, lead mass protests in the capital city.

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