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A legendary Cuban cigar maker breaks his own record for rolling the world's longest cigar at 90 meters in length, to help mark the 90th birthday of Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Mana Rabiee reports.
Timoleon Jimenez, the leader of Colombian rebel group FARC, announced a ceasefire in Havana on Sunday after reaching an agreement with the Colombian government, ending one of the longest running and deadliest wars in the world, which has already left over 300,000 people dead.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurates the world's longest suspension bridge over the Dardanelles which stretches straight into north-western Turkey. The bridge cuts travel time between Asia and Europe to around six minutes. IMAGES
The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) opens a congress where its leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seems set to be nominated to run for a sixth term. In power for 42 years, the leader appears to be preferred since party elite think his son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, nicknamed "Teodorin", is not yet ready for the role. IMAGES
Miami, Oct 1 (EFE/EPA).- Hot dogs may be king in New York City, but croquetas reign supreme at informal eateries in Miami and even have a day - Oct. 1 - set aside in their honor in South Florida. To mark the fourth edition of Croqueta Day, a location of the Sergio's restaurant chain in the upscale Miami neighborhood of Coral Gables decided to go all out and serve up a record-setting feast: a two-meter-long (6.6-foot-long) version of that deep-fried snack stuffed with ingredients including ham, the preferred croqueta filling of Miami's Cuban-exile community. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOT LIST: SERGIO'S RESTAURANT COOKS A SIX-FOOT LONG CROQUETTE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.