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Nine dead in ranch massacre in Mexico: officialAFP - About 60 gunmen launched an attack on a ranch in Mexico's southern Guerrero state Sunday, killing nine people and leaving another six wounded, authorities said, the second such incident in two days.
Yahoo! – May 4, 2008 10:15 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Boat sinks with 80 people aboard in Brazilian Amazon, killing at least 15
SAO PAULO - A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government.The wooden Comandante...
New Zealand Herald – May 4, 2008 6:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
SAO PAULO - A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government.The wooden Comandante...
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Owen Hembry: Vatican's blessing good for Fonterra
With the blessing of the Vatican, Fonterra has agreed to buy out its major partner in Chilean company Soprole.The deal with charitable foundation Fundacion Isabel Aninat, which is run under canonical law, needed Vatican approval...
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With the blessing of the Vatican, Fonterra has agreed to buy out its major partner in Chilean company Soprole.The deal with charitable foundation Fundacion Isabel Aninat, which is run under canonical law, needed Vatican approval...
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Thousands flee as volcano wakes
CHAITEN - Covered in thick ash, the Patagonian community of Chaiten was a ghost town yesterday after authorities evacuated thousands of people as a long-dormant volcano spewed ash a day after it erupted.Most of its 4500 residents...
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CHAITEN - Covered in thick ash, the Patagonian community of Chaiten was a ghost town yesterday after authorities evacuated thousands of people as a long-dormant volcano spewed ash a day after it erupted.Most of its 4500 residents...
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Vote signals future unrest
SANTA CRUZ - Voters in Bolivia's largest state were likely to pass an autonomy referendum today, dealing a blow to the country's leftist President and deepening political conflict.Santa Cruz state leaders are pushing the referendum...
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SANTA CRUZ - Voters in Bolivia's largest state were likely to pass an autonomy referendum today, dealing a blow to the country's leftist President and deepening political conflict.Santa Cruz state leaders are pushing the referendum...
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Thousands evacuated as Chile volcano spews ashReuters - Covered in thick ash, the Patagonian community of Chaiten was a ghost town on Saturday as a volcano spewed ash a day after its first eruption in thousands of years forced nearly 4,500 people to flee.
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State Autonomy Vote May Reshape Bolivia
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, May 3 -- The dates on a 20-foot-high countdown calendar that hangs in this city's main square do not go past Sunday, when voters decide whether their state will declare autonomy from Bolivia's central government.
Washington Post – May 4, 2008 01:08 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, May 3 -- The dates on a 20-foot-high countdown calendar that hangs in this city's main square do not go past Sunday, when voters decide whether their state will declare autonomy from Bolivia's central government.
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At least 18 killed in new prison riot in HondurasReuters - Police have quelled a riot at Honduras' main prison in which at least 18 inmates died, a Security Ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
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Despite high food prices, Haitians reluctant to head to USAP - When soaring food prices sparked deadly riots across Haiti, many expected that people along the cactus-studded northern coast would do what they traditionally do in times of crisis: take to the seas and head for the United States.
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Rumbling volcano forces evacuation of southern Chilean townAFP - Thousands of people were being evacuated Saturday from a southern Chile town after a volcano began belching ash and shaking the area with tremors, forcing the cutoff of water supplies, authorities said.
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