Over 2 tonnes of cocaine seized in Costa Rica
San Jose - Costa Rican police seized over 2 tonnes of cocaine in San Francisco de Dos Rios, in the southern suburbs of the capital, San Jose. The drugs were found late Wednesday in a storage facility belonging to an international drug gang that was s...
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Mahmoud Abbas to visit Brazil next week
Brasilia - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to visit Brazil on November 20, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim confirmed Wednesday. His visit follows that of Israeli President Shimon Peres and comes days before Iranian President Mahmoud Ah...
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Ibero-American official backs Spain's 'dialogue' with Cuba
Madrid - Ibero-American General Secretary Enrique Iglesias on Wednesday gave his backing to Spain's controversial policy of stepped-up relations with Cuba, which Madrid wants the European Union to imitate during its EU presidency in the first half of...
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Blackout leaves 40 million people in the dark in Brazil
Sao Paulo - A blackout spreading across nine states of southern and central Brazil was caused by a failure at a hydroelectric dam, the country's energy minister said. The power outage Tuesday night affected 40 million people and left about 800 cities...
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Nine soldiers, 30 rebels killed in Colombia clashes
Bogota - Nine soldiers and at least 30 rebels were killed in clashes in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the Colombian Army said Tuesday. The gun battle started late Monday when about 200 members of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces...
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Israeli President Peres arrives in Brazil on official visit
Brasilia - Shimon Peres arrived in Brasilia Tuesday for the first official visit to Brazil by an Israeli president in 43 years. He was to address both chambers of the Brazilian Congress later in the day and meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio L...
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Brazil study links high police kill rate in Rio to bonuses
Rio de Janeiro - An independent study in Brazil suggests that the soaring number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio's war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to courageous police officers, according to a newspaper report Monday. Th...
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