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Mattis says further Taliban assaults likely in weeks ahead
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Taliban is likely to keep up its recent surge of violence in advance of scheduled parliamentary elections in October but Western-backed Afghan defenses will not break, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim…
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AP PHOTOS: Families of Peru’s disappeared hope for answers
AYACUCHO, Peru (AP) — Thousands of Peruvian families who have spent decades wondering about loved ones who disappeared during years of bloody conflict between the state and Maoist guerrillas have new hopes for getting the…
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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean
This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published in the past week. Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez denied new corruption allegations…
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TS Ernesto aims at Ireland, Hurricane Lane forms in Pacific
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto is far from land moving rapidly over the north Atlantic toward a weekend approach to Ireland and the United Kingdom, while Hurricane Lane has formed out in the…
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Chilean officials: Flights hit by wave of false bomb threats
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — At least three airliners were forced to make emergency landings or turn back to their original airports in Chile and Peru amid what aviation officials said was a wave of false…
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Mattis aide to be nominated to head US Southern Command
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that his senior military assistant, Navy Vice Adm. Craig Faller, will be nominated to serve as the next head of U.S. Southern Command. Mattis made…
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Dog day in Bolivia: Church honors patron saint of canines
EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Many Bolivians brought their dogs, often freshly groomed and dressed in costumes, to the parish of Villa Adela near the capital Thursday for a Mass honoring the patron saint of…
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US energy secretary: Mexico’s energy independence good goal
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he supports the plans of Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to increase the country’s energy independence, even if it could mean fewer purchases from…
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Brazilian prosecutors charge ‘Dr. Bumbum’ with murder
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors have filed a murder charge against celebrity plastic surgeon Denis Cesar Barros Furtado over the death of a patient who was given injections to enlarge her buttocks. Furtado…
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TS Lane forecast to become major hurricane in Pacific
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Lane pushed westward across the eastern Pacific on Thursday, while Subtropical Storm Ernesto headed across the northern Atlantic in the general direction of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The…
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Argentina offers reward in graft case linked to Fernandez
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of money from a case in which former President Cristina Fernandez is accused of leading a corruption scheme involving…
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Former Virgin Islands senator convicted of theft and fraud
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — A jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands has convicted a former member of the territory’s legislature of fraud and theft for diverting funds intended for research into a…
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Doctors, nurses protest rule of Venezuela’s socialist leader
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Riot police have blocked hundreds of doctors and nurses from marching to Venezuela’s presidential palace to protest low pay and shortages of medical supplies amid the nation’s deepening crisis. Thursday’s demonstration…
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Mexico City bans use of models at city events
MEXICO CITY (AP) — They’ve long been an unmissable part of public events in Mexico, from soccer matches to trade fairs: attractive women hired to be greeters or simply as eye candy, sometimes scantily clad…
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Brazil’s Temer backs other party’s presidential candidate
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Michel Temer is endorsing another party’s candidate as well as his own in October’s presidential election. Temer said in an interview published Thursday by the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper…
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