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Mexico breaks up alleged border sex-slavery cult
Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration ...
Brazil police: Outdoor flare started club fire
Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, ...
Santa Maria mourns its dead, calls for justice
The young law student sat alone in a pew, clutching a shirt on which she'd written the names of friends she'd lost in a weekend nightclub fire in this ...
Debris of missing Missoni plane found in Curacao
The first sign of debris from a missing plane that was carrying the CEO of Italian fashion house Missoni has surfaced in the Dutch Caribbean island ...
AP Global Football 10-Quotebox
James Porteous, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. "Anything you can do ... just hours after (Cristiano) Ronaldo scored his 19th hat trick for Real ...
IAAF: Colombian runner gets 2-year ban for doping
The IAAF says Colombian runner Diego Palomeque has been suspended for two years after failing a doping test at the London Olympics. Palomeque tested ...
Israel angered over Argentina-Iran bombing probe
Israel summoned the Argentinian ambassador on Tuesday in protest over an agreement between Iran and Argentina to jointly investigate the bombing 19 ...
No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire
The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young ...
Neglect, errors to blame in Brazil nightclub fire
There was no fire alarm. There were no sprinklers or fire escapes. And when a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by ...
Arrests made in Brazil fire, funerals begin
Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people.
FIFA suspends Peru international after failed test
FIFA has provisionally suspended a Peru international for 30 days for failing a doping test after a World Cup qualifier. The player, whose name was ...
Brazil nightclub fire kills more than 230 people
The bodies of the young college students were found piled up just inside the entrance of the Kiss nightclub, among more than 230 people who died in ...
Inmates moved after bloody Venezuela prison clash
Venezuelan authorities finished evacuating more than 2,000 inmates on Sunday from a prison where the government said 58 people were killed in one of ...
EU demands 'legal certainty' of Latin investments
A 60-nation summit wrapped up in Chile on Sunday with European leaders pleading for "legal certainty" and lower trade barriers between economies that ...
Hospital: 61 killed in Venezuela prison riot
The death toll has risen to 61 following fierce gunbattles between inmates and National Guard troops at a Venezuelan prison, a hospital director said ...
Venezuela prompted EU to change summit declaration
Oil-rich Venezuela scored a victory Saturday when it persuaded European delegates at a 60-nation summit to back down on a key point in the gathering's ...
Chavez starting more medical treatment in Cuba
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with ...
For Chavez impersonator, cancer no laughing matter
It's an hour before showtime, and Gustavo Rios is transforming himself into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. A makeup artist paints his skin a dark ...
Absent but omnipresent, Chavez a powerful symbol
While Venezuela's sick president recuperates from surgery behind closed doors in Cuba, at home he is more visible than ever. Iconic images of his eyes ...
Spanish daily halts edition with fake Chavez photo
The leading Spanish newspaper El Pais withdrew and reprinted its Thursday edition after discovering that its front-page exclusive photograph ...
Brazil and EU want to retake stalled negotiations
Brazil and the European Union have agreed to resume stalled free trade negotiations between the EU and South America's Mercosur trade bloc.
Venezuela VP: plot against Chavez allies revealed
Venezuela's vice president said Wednesday that the government has uncovered a plot to attack him or another senior leader of President Hugo Chavez's ...
Congrats flood in for Shakira's new baby boy
Within hours of Shakira's baby boy being born, people are already asking about his future career. Will Milan Pique Mebarak be a famous pop singer ...