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Venezuela gov't backers beat opposition lawmakers in congress
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 08:50am on July 06, 2017
Venezuelan pro-government activists wielding sticks and pipes stormed onto the grounds of the opposition-held National Assembly Wednesday and beat lawmakers, leaving at least five hurt...
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US sets new visa rules for six mainly Muslim nations, refugees
Associated Press | Updated at 09:16am on June 29, 2017
The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a ‘close’ family or...
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Colombia's FARC rebels turn in weapons, end armed war with government
Reuters | Updated at 08:45am on June 28, 2017
Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels concluded their disarmament on Tuesday, handing in all but a few of their individual weapons to the United Nations and ending...
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Helicopter attacks Venezuela Supreme Court
Reuters | Updated at 09:10am on June 28, 2017
A Venezuelan police helicopter attacked the Supreme Court on Tuesday, ratcheting up a political crisis in what president Nicolas Maduro condemned as a ‘terrorist’ attack...
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Brazil's president Michel Temer charged with taking bribes
Reuters | Updated at 09:25am on June 27, 2017
Brazil's top federal prosecutor charged president Michel Temer with taking multimillion-dollar bribes on Monday in a stinging blow to the unpopular leader and to political...
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Nine dead after Colombia tourist boat sinks in reservoir
Reuters | Updated at 11:24am on June 26, 2017
Nine people died and 28 remained missing after a multi-decked tourist boat carrying about 170 passengers sank in Colombia's Penol-Guatape reservoir on Sunday during the...
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At least 11 die in Colombia coal mine explosion
Reuters | Updated at 09:35am on June 25, 2017
At least eleven miners at an underground coal mine in Colombia have died and two remain missing after an explosion caused by methane gas, the...
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Slain Venezuelan protester’s father appeals to ‘friend’ Maduro
Reuters | Updated at 10:50am on June 24, 2017
A man describing himself as a former boss and friend of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on Friday urged an investigation into the killing of his...
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Venezuelan president sacks military top brass amid abuses
BBC | Updated at 09:40am on June 21, 2017
Venezuela's president has replaced four top military commanders over the use of live bullets by security forces during months of unrest...
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Argentina police seize cache of hidden Nazi artifacts
Reuters | Updated at 08:40am on June 21, 2017
Argentine police have seized a cache of Nazi artifacts hidden behind a library in the house of an art collector in Buenos Aires, including a...
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