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North America The Cuban national flag fluttered in Washington as the US and Cuba formally ended estrangement and reestablished relations severed in the Cold War. But the symbolism of an embassy ceremony could not conceal deep, lingering conflicts between the nations. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez presided over the flag-raising ceremony. Despite pledges of goodwill and mutual respect, he called for the US to end its 53-year embargo, return the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, stop efforts to change Cuba’s Government and pay compensation for damage done to the island. US Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged persistent differences over human rights, democracy and reparations and said Guantanamo would not be returned anytime soon. Asia/Oceania Victoria’s health department is awaiting laboratory results to determine the cause of a salmonella outbreak linked to a luxury Melbourne hotel after more than 30 people reported illness. The department has contacted more than 60 people who attended high teas at the five-star Langham Hotel this month. Of those, 34 reported illness and there were two confirmed cases of the gastroenteritis bug. Six people were treated in hospital. Europe A migrant has died after being badly burned while attempting to enter the Channel Tunnel in Calais in a bid to reach Britain. “One of three migrants who were involved in the accident last week has died,” the northern Pasde-Calais prefecture said. According to a migrant solidarity blog, the dead man was a 23-year-old Pakistani who