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2 hrs ago | Inside Costa Rica

Colombia Disarms 1,371 Rebels In First Half Year

The Colombian government said on Friday that as many as 1,371 anti-government guerrillas were disarmed in the first half of this year.

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Related Topix: World News, Colombia

6 hrs ago | Buffalo News

Military ordered to turn back Zelaya's jet

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya said he was getting on a flight home to reclaim his post on Sunday, accompanied by the U.N. General Assembly president and a group of journalists.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Rafael Correa, Colombia

11 hrs ago | Helmsley Today

Plane crash: man's body is identified

THE body of missing North Yorkshire plane crash victim Arthur Coakley has been identified.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Brazil, World News

15 hrs ago | Sofia News Agency

World Bank Head Zoellick: World Economy Is still Shaky

World Bank President Robert Zoellick met with the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet , in La Moneda Palace, Santiago.

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Related Topix: Chile, World News, Michelle Bachelet

20 hrs ago | South Atlantic Remote Territories Med...

Falkland Islands Tourist Board carry out improvements to public jetty

Falklands : Falkland Islands Tourist Board carry out improvements to public jetty Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 01.07.2009 Stanley residents may have noticed work being carried out on the Public Jetty this month.

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Related Topix: Falkland Islands, World News

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Marin Independent Journal

In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US set to begin

Seven members of the U.S. armed forces, including from left, Petty Officer First Class Sherwin Shane Shepherd, of Guyana, Sgt.

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Related Topix: World News, Colombia, Central America, El Salvador, Southeast Asia, Philippines, New York, Life, Holidays, 4th of July

St. Cloud Times Online

Shakira says after album's birth, she wants babies

BOGOTA - Colombian pop star Shakira says after her latest album is born she plans to undertake a new labor: multiple children.

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Related Topix: Shakira, Pop/Rock, World News, Colombia

CBS News

Honduras' Swift Coup Was Months In The Making

Soldiers ringed President Manuel Zelaya's modest home, spilled into the cul-de-sac and swarmed the neighborhood, blocking what little traffic there was in a posh corner of the Honduran capital so early on a Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Hugo Chavez, Alvaro Uribe, Colombia

Canada.com

Loonie nudges higher against the greenback

The Canadian currency was on course for a fifth consecutive decline, the longest streak of losses since dropping for six straight weeks through Dec.

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Related Topix: Chile, World News

Buenos Aires Herald

Americas economic leaders eye post-crisis world

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet , Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco and Mexico's Finance Minister Agustin Carstens attend the opening ceremony of the Second Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean.

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Related Topix: Chile, World News, Michelle Bachelet

McClatchy DC

How Sanford spent state money on last year's Argentina trip

Gov. Mark Sanford heavily mixed business and pleasure during a three-day trip in 2008 to Argentina to visit his lover, records released by the South Carolina Department of Commerce show.

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Related Topix: Travel, Argentina, World News, Argentina Travel, South Carolina, South Carolina Government, Mark Sanford, US Governors,

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Bellingham Herald

Latin America's populist leaders are sharing hard times

Two events at the opposite ends of Latin America last Sunday seemed liked isolated events.

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Related Topix: Manuel Zelaya, Hugo Chavez, Argentina, World News, Rafael Correa, American University, Alan Garcia

MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderd...

Brazil prison guards nab pigeon with cell phone

In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009, a live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack containing a cell phone is shown in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Related Topix: Prison, Cell Phones, Electronics, World News, Brazil, State Prisons

Newsday.com

French investigators say Flight 447 hit water intact

Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, Air Accidents

Clover Herald

21 more victims of Air France crash identified

Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News,

People's Daily

Page 3: Senior CPC official calls for deepened China-Brazil partnership

China is willing to make joint efforts with Brazil to boost bilateral strategic partnership, a senior official of the Communist Party of China said in Brasilia Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News, Jose Alencar

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Converge! Network Digest

Terrestar-1 -- World's Largest Commercial Satellite -- Enters Orbit

Terrestar-1, the largest and most powerful commercial satellite to date, was successfully launched into geostationary orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the spaceport in French Guiana.

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Related Topix: World News, French Guiana, Palo Alto, CA

National Public Radio

Foreign Policy: If Chavez Hates It, It Must Be Good?

A supporter of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya throws rocks at police during clashes near the presidential residency in Tegucigalpa, Monday June 29, 2009.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Hugo Chavez, Colombia

Trinidad & Tobago Express

All set for deportation debate --

THE STAGE seems set for a lively debate and, hopefully, a mature Caricom approach in seeking a practical resolution to the current emotional sparrings involving Barbados' "removal" of illegal nationals of the Community-the majority of whom happen to be Guyanese-under a new immigration policy.

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Related Topix: Guyana, Immigration Reform, Bharrat Jagdeo, Ralph Gonsalves, Opinion

South Atlantic Remote Territories Med...

Summary of Executive Council

Falklands : Summary of Executive Council Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 01.07.2009 Executive Council has taken the decision to close Stanley Dairy Summary of Executive Council Meeting 25th June 2009 This month's meeting started with the consideration of a Project Initiation Document for a new port in the .

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Related Topix: Falkland Islands, World News

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