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HAVANA (AFX) - A blaze of 'huge proportions' broke out late Wednesday at Cuba's biggest oil refinery in Havana, leaving at least two people injured, authorities said. 'The fire is of huge proportions and its burning out of control at this time, but we're working on it,' a fire department spokesman said. 'The oil is on fire and we're trying to stop it from spreading to other tanks ... its serious but we'll get it under control. Its just a matter of time,' he added. An interior ministry official said the fire had injured at least two people, who were...

A Spanish mother has taken revenge on the man who raped her 13-year-old daughter at knifepoint by dousing him in petrol and setting him alight. He died of his injuries in hospital on Friday. Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, 69, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejúzar, 30 miles south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca. While there, he passed his victim's mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out "How's your...