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Cuban anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch dies aged 84

Prominent Cuban anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch, 84, has died in the US city of Miami.

Mr Bosch was arrested in Venezuela for the bombing in 1976 of a Cuban airliner, in which 73 people died.

He was later acquitted of the charges, first by a military court, and later by a civilian court.

Speaking in 2005, Mr Bosch said the truth about the bombing would be revealed in a tape and documents to be made public after his death.

The cause of his death has not yet been released....

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