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21 dead after shootout near border in Mexico
A shootout near the U.S.-Mexico border between rival groups with ties to organized crime left 21 people dead Thursday, Mexican police officials said.
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10 years later, Elian Gonzalez says he’s happy to be in Cuba
Castaway-turned-media-icon Elian Gonzalez has thanked the American public for helping him return to his father in Cuba.
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Mexican mayor killed in third political assassination in two weeks
The mayor and a council member were gunned down Wednesday in a city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in the third occurrence of political assassinations in the past two weeks, the government-run Notimex news agency reported.
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Brother of slain Mexican gubernatorial candidate will take his place
Egidio Torre Cantu, brother of slain Mexican gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre Cantu, was chosen by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, to take his place on the ballot, a PRI official told CNN.
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Homemade submarines up the drug smuggling ante
Military checkpoints line the long and winding road from the airport in Cali, Colombia, to the coastal city of Buenaventura.
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Mexican drug cartel lieutenant arrested, federal police say
Mexican federal police have arrested a drug cartel chieftain who is a former police officer and is connected to more than 30 brutal killings, authorities said Wednesday.
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Haiti’s president sets election in quake-devastated nation
After months of uncertainty, Haiti’s president Wednesday set November 28 as the day that voters in the earthquake-devastated nation will head to the polls to elect a successor.
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Former Argentina dictator to go on trial in rights abuse case
A former Argentinian dictator and an ex-army chief are scheduled to go on trial this week on charges of human rights abuses during the nation’s right-wing rule from 1976-83, the government’s Judicial Information Center said.
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Amnesty urges Cuba to end political repression
Cuba has created a “climate of fear” among political activists and journalists working on the island nation, according to a report released Wednesday by the human rights group Amnesty International.
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Southern Mexico rattled by earthquake
A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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