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Acting head of Mexico's federal police killed in capital
AP - The acting chief of Mexico's federal police was shot dead early Thursday outside his home in the capital.
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AP - The acting chief of Mexico's federal police was shot dead early Thursday outside his home in the capital.
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Military evacuated, Chile volcano eruption flaresReuters - Chile evacuated the last military personnel from the vicinity of an erupting volcano in its remote Patagonian region before dawn on Thursday, after it spat a surge of fiery material.
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Captive macaws now reproduce in the wild in Costa RicaAP - Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.
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Massive volcanic cloud creeps over Argentina, ChileAFP - A thick cloud of ash from the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile spread across a swath of South America Wednesday, prompting fears of health crisis for the people caught in its wake.
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Bus plunges into river in Peru - 29 dead
LIMA - At least 29 people have died in Peru's Andes after a passenger bus went off a road and fell 300 feet (100 metres) into a river.Police Col Jose del Rio says the bus plunged in the Canete river about two hours before it was...
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LIMA - At least 29 people have died in Peru's Andes after a passenger bus went off a road and fell 300 feet (100 metres) into a river.Police Col Jose del Rio says the bus plunged in the Canete river about two hours before it was...
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Haitian senate ratifies candidate for prime minister
Reuters - Haiti took a step toward installing a new government on Wednesday as the Senate ratified nominee Ericq Pierre for prime minister, more than a month after violent protests over rising food prices that led to the ouster of the old government.
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Reuters - Haiti took a step toward installing a new government on Wednesday as the Senate ratified nominee Ericq Pierre for prime minister, more than a month after violent protests over rising food prices that led to the ouster of the old government.
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Mexican rebel group rejects government's proposal for talks
AP - A leftist rebel group linked to a series of oil pipeline blasts on Wednesday rejected an offer from Mexico's government to hold talks.
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AP - A leftist rebel group linked to a series of oil pipeline blasts on Wednesday rejected an offer from Mexico's government to hold talks.
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Cuba embraces golf to boost tourism
Reuters - The only time Cuba's Fidel Castro is known to have played golf in 1961, in a stunt thumbing his nose at the United States.
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Reuters - The only time Cuba's Fidel Castro is known to have played golf in 1961, in a stunt thumbing his nose at the United States.
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Guatemalan held in illegal adoption case
AP - The sister of a Guatemalan congressman was charged Wednesday with running an illegal adoption ring after police found nine children in her home.
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AP - The sister of a Guatemalan congressman was charged Wednesday with running an illegal adoption ring after police found nine children in her home.
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Cuban blogger receives Spanish award - in absentia
AP - A Cuban woman who gained worldwide acclaim for a blog that offers stinging criticism of the Communist regime was honored Wednesday with a Spanish journalism award — in absentia.
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AP - A Cuban woman who gained worldwide acclaim for a blog that offers stinging criticism of the Communist regime was honored Wednesday with a Spanish journalism award — in absentia.
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