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Government Gives Colombian Journalist Protection
Journalist Luis Carlos Cervantes received protection from the authorities over the weekend just hours before a deadline set by unknown people demanding that he leave Taraza, a town in the northwestern Colombian province of Antioquia, expired.
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Colombian Councilman Stabbed to Death
A member of the council in Cocuy, a city in northeastern Colombia, was stabbed to death early Monday in a fight at a religious festival, officials said.
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Colombian Authorities Investigate Fireball
Colombian authorities are investigating whether an enormous celestial fireball that crossed the sky above several municipalities in the northeastern province of Santander over the weekend was a meteorite.
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FARC Kills 4 Soldiers, Wounds 9 in Colombia
At least four soldiers were killed and nine others wounded when FARC guerrillas ambushed them over the weekend in a rural area in the northwestern Colombian province of Antioquia, officials said.
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15 Die When Driver Loses Control of Vehicle in Ecuador
Fifteen people died when a drunk driver lost control of his pick-up truck and hit a group of people waiting at a bus stop in Guayas, a province in southwestern Ecuador, the press reported.
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Death Toll in Guatemala Rains Rises to 44
The death toll from the torrential rains on the weekend has risen to 44 in Guatemala, with 56 people injured, while rescuers are seeking the bodies of 16 people missing and virtually certain to be dead under the mud and rocks from a landslide, the Conred national emergency management office said Monday.
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Former Guatemalan Presidential Security Chief Arrested
A former security chief for ex-President Alfonso Portillo implicated in a multi-million-dollar theft of funds from the Defense Ministry was arrested over the weekend, Guatemala?s National Civilian Police, or PNC, said.
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Suspected Drug Trafficker Dies in Shootout in Nicaragua
A suspected drug trafficker died over the weekend in a shootout with Nicaraguan navy personnel in the northern Caribbean region, where authorities arrested another person and seized an unspecified quantity of marijuana, a military spokesman said.
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Siamese Twins Lose Fight for Life in El Salvador
The Salvadoran Siamese twins that were born last Wednesday joined at the thorax have died of heart failure, the press reported, citing doctors.
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Salvadoran Is 3rd Survivor of Mexico Massacre
A Salvadoran survived the massacre last month in Mexico of 72 Latin American migrants, making him the third survivor identified, El Salvador?s president, Mauricio Funes, said over the weekend.
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Cuban Authorities Seize 1,500 Kilos of Drugs in First Half of 2010
Antidrug operations in Cuba during the first half of this year have resulted in the seizure of 1,592 kilograms (1.75 tons) of drugs of all types and the arrest of at least 15 foreign citizens, according to an official report.
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Rights Activists Released in Cuba
The three young Cuban human-rights activists who were arrested last month during an anti-government protest at the University of Havana were released over the weekend.
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Military Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Brazil
An air force fighter had to make an emergency landing Monday at a military base in southern Brazil after a piece of its fuselage broke off and fell onto a street in the city of Cachoeirinha, albeit without injuring anyone, officials said.
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Brazilian Climber Missing 17 Days Found Alive
A Brazilian climber missing since August when she went hiking on a mountain range in Parana, a state in southern Brazil, was found alive over the weekend by firefighters, who had been searching for her for 10 days, officials said.
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Soldiers Kill Teenager, Father in Northern Mexico
A teenager and his father were killed, and five other people were wounded when army troops opened fire on them for failing to stop at a checkpoint in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, officials said Monday.
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Nearly 400 Gay Marriages Registered in Mexico City
Nearly 400 same-sex couples have wed in the Federal District six months after the law permitting gay marriage went into effect, the government of the Mexican capital said.
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Four Dead When Truck Carrying Explosives Blows Up in Northern Chile
Four people died Monday when the truck carrying explosives which they were riding on blew up near a mine in northern Chile, officials said.
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Second Excavating Machine Operating in Chile Miners? Rescue
A second machine is now excavating in the San Jose mine in northern Chile as part of the Plan B operation to rescue the 33 miners trapped since last Aug. 5 at a depth of 700 meters (2,295 feet), officials said Monday.
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Five Die in Head-On Crash in Peru
Five people were killed Monday in a head-on crash of their vehicle with a dump truck on a stretch of the Pan-American Highway North near Coishco, a town some 440 kilometers (273 miles) north of Lima, Peruvian police said.
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Peru Murder Suspect to Confess
Joran van der Sloot, who is suspected of having murdered Peruvian Stephany Flores, will confess to the killing before a judge, the Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported Monday.
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Spanish Government Says ETA Must Abandon Violence
The Basque terrorist group ETA?s statement over the weekend declaring a cease-fire is ?insufficient? because the organization ?must abandon violence for good, forever,? Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday.
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VenEconomy: And the Blackouts Reached Caracas
This weekend the electricity crisis reached Caracas.
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Spaniards Storm into Round of 16 at U.S. Open
Six Spaniards are in the Round of 16 at the U.S. Open, matching the record set at the 1998 French Open for best performance at a Grand Slam.
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Mexico?s Lydia Cacho Wins Spanish Press Prize
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho, a well-known activist against people trafficking, was honored Monday with the 1st Manuel Leguineche International Journalism Prize, which is awarded by the Spanish Federation of Journalists Associations, or FAPE.
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Gators Restored to North Colombia Wetlands, Rivers
The restocking of northern Colombian wetlands and rivers with alligators began this weekend by means of a project that not only seeks to return these reptiles born in captivity to their natural habitat, but also to increase the production of skins for export.
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Four Men Murdered in Stable, 3 Gay Men Killed on a Street in Colombia
Unknown gunmen murdered four men in a stable on Sunday morning in the town of Caldas in northwestern Colombia, and three homosexuals were killed on a street in Cucuta, in the northeast, police said.
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Colombian Defense Minister Rules Out Talks with FARC
Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera ruled out any type of dialogue with the FARC and urged Colombians to be on alert for attacks by the guerrilla group.
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Colombian Spy Seduced Cop to Gain Supreme Court Entry
Former detective Alba Luz Florez, who received orders from her superiors to infiltrate the Supreme Court in 2007, seduced a National Police captain to be able to carry out her mission, Colombian media reported Sunday.
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Gunman Who Shot Soccer Player Is Not in Colombia
The gunman who allegedly shot Paraguayan soccer player Salvador Cabañas in January is not in Colombia, Judicial Investigations Police chief Gen. Carlos Ramiro Mena said.
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High Youth Suicide Rate Mars Migrants? Town in Ecuador
A total of 58 minors, all children of emigrants, have committed suicide over the past five years in Chunchi, a town in the central-Andean Ecuadorian province of Chimborazo, the Expreso newspaper reported Sunday.
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