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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A Brazilian delegation said Thursday it has received assurances from Honduras' Supreme Court that the interim government will not attack the embassy where ousted President Manuel Zelaya has holed up since sneaking back into the country on Sept. 21. Full Story »
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MACAS, Ecuador - Several hundred Shuar Indians wearing black war paint and toting wooden spears on Thursday reinforced a highway blockade that police failed to break up a day earlier in a bloody melee that left one Indian dead and at least 40 police injured. Full Story »
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Bill Clinton cheered a large turnout at an investor conference in Haiti's capital Thursday, calling it a sign of hope for economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Full Story »
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Florida Marlins shortstop prospect wounded in a drive-by shooting on this U.S. island was the innocent victim of gangsters battling for control of drug distribution in nearby public housing projects, police said Thursday. Full Story »
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MIAMI - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Olaf has formed off Mexico's Pacific coast, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2009 season. Full Story »
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MEXICO CITY - An eccentric street vendor known for his Rambo-style headband took charge of Mexico City's most populous borough Thursday — at least for a few hours. Full Story »
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's top security official says an American pilot wanted in the United States on cocaine-smuggling charges has been turned over to representatives of the U.S. State Department to be taken home. Full Story »
GENEVA - The U.N. top rights body is condemning abuses following the June 28 coup in Honduras. Full Story »
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CARACAS, Venezuela - More than 150 Venezuelan university students ended a hunger strike Wednesday after the Organization of American States agreed to hear their concerns over alleged political persecution by President Hugo Chavez's government, a protest leader said. Full Story »
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MEXICO CITY - A former Mexican sports commissioner whose daughter was killed by her abductors criticized the government Wednesday for failing to combat crimes like kidnapping as aggressively as it fights drug trafficking. Full Story »
BOGOTA - Colombian authorities say a gunman on horseback killed a town councilman and wounded an 11-year-old boy in the country's southeast. Full Story »
RIO DE JANEIRO - Doctors have removed a tumor from the colon of famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer after discovering intestinal bleeding. Full Story »
HAVANA - A senior U.S. diplomat who traveled to Havana for the highest-level talks with Cuban officials in decades also met with opposition activists to discuss their political views, three dissidents and a State Department official said Wednesday. Full Story »
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Legislators in the Dominican Republic are debating whether to allow residents access rights to private property so they can reach beaches, rivers and lakes. Full Story »
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An Argentine zoo plans to release three endangered crowned eagles back into the wild after several months of rehabilitation during captivity. Full Story »
CARACAS, Venezuela - Prosecutors have brought murder charges against a man suspected of gunning down a union leader at a Toyota car assembly plant in Venezuela, but are saying nothing about a possible motive. Full Story »
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The government of Jamaica has agreed to pay public school teachers more than $90 million in back wages over the next three years. Full Story »
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police in Puerto Rico say three teenage boys have been found shot to death on a basketball court in a northern coastal town near the U.S. territory's capital. Full Story »
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