George HW Bush, former US president, dies aged 94

Patriarch of Bush dynasty and 41st president remembered for steady hand during Soviet collapse

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George HW Bush, who as the 41st president shepherded the US through a turbulent period in global relations that included the breakup of the Soviet Union and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, has died. He was 94.

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