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  • Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran

    AP – Tue Nov 24, 2:12 am ET  
    Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, embraces Brazil's... AP

    BRASILIA, Brazil - Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution. Full Story »

  • US woman killed by gunshot in Mexican border city

    AP – Tue Nov 24, 1:36 am ET  

    MEXICO CITY - A U.S. consular official said Monday that an American woman has died of a gunshot wound she reportedly suffered in the Mexican border city of Matamoros. Full Story »

  • Embattled Mexican mayor sent family to live in US

    AP – Mon Nov 23, 11:22 pm ET  

    MONTERREY, Mexico - The mayor of a wealthy suburb of this northern industrial city said Monday that he has sent his family to the United States for their own safety as he pursues his campaign against extortion and kidnapping gangs. Full Story »

  • Honduran leader: US weakened anti-coup movement

    AP – Mon Nov 23, 11:08 pm ET  
    Honduras' interim President Roberto Micheletti, second left,... AP

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Monday the United States has weakened efforts to reverse the coup that ousted him, while a U.S. envoy says his country has clearly opposed the ouster and will examine upcoming elections closely for fairness. Full Story »

  • Argentina's president urges Middle East peace

    AP – Mon Nov 23, 3:16 pm ET  

    BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's president says Israel and the United States should do more to push for peace in the Middle East. Full Story »

  • Mexico City's famed dance-for-peso halls fading

    AP – Mon Nov 23, 12:00 am ET  
    This Aug. 22, 2009 photo shows a waiter leaning against the wall... AP

    MEXICO CITY - Mirna Torres salsas with a gray-bearded man for $1.50 a dance in the Barba Azul, a dark yet garish cabaret decorated like an erotic carnival fun house. Full Story »

  • Bermuda dismisses ammunition case against US woman

    AP – Sun Nov 22, 9:20 pm ET  

    HAMILTON, Bermuda - Bermuda's highest court has struck down the conviction of a Florida woman who accidentally brought the ammunition magazine from her gun to the British island territory. Full Story »

  • Venezuela: No direct talks with Colombia on bases

    AP – Sun Nov 22, 2:15 pm ET  

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday. Full Story »

  • Venezuela to get 300 tanks, armored vehicles

    AP – Sun Nov 22, 12:53 pm ET  

    CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion. Full Story »

  • Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to Venezuela

    AP – Sat Nov 21, 11:50 pm ET  
    Supporters of the Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hold up a... AP

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. Full Story »

  • Britain scoops five Emmy awards

    AFP – 1 hr 51 mins ago  
    Founders Award winner Sir David Frost and presenter Barbara Walters... AFP

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Britain walked away with five International Emmy Awards on Monday, including for best performances, while Brazil joined the television elite for the first time at a gala ceremony in New York. Full Story »

  • Peru court reviews Fujimori's 25-year sentence

    AFP – Mon Nov 23, 9:45 pm ET  
    Peru's Supreme Court has opened a three-day review into the... AFP/File

    LIMA (AFP) - Peru's Supreme Court has opened a three-day review of former president Alberto Fujimori's 25-year prison sentence for human rights violations. Full Story »

  • Iran needs 'just solution' to nuclear row: Brazil

    AFP – Mon Nov 23, 11:03 pm ET  
    VIDEO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged... AFPTV

    BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged his visiting Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to find a "just solution" with the West to Tehran's contested nuclear program. Full Story »

  • Thousands back Mexico's shadow president

    AFP – Sun Nov 22, 8:42 pm ET  
    Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for "shadow... AFP/File

    MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for "shadow president" Manuel Lopez Obrador -- who believes his country's top job was stolen from him in 2006 -- at the mid-point of his would-be presidential term. Full Story »

  • US, Israel lack 'courage' to attack: Iran leader

    AFP – Mon Nov 23, 9:57 pm ET  
    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, currently visiting Brazil,... AFP/File

    BRASILIA (AFP) - Visiting Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said Monday that US and Israeli military threats against Iran were a thing of the past, and that, in any case, "they don't have the courage" to attack Iran. Full Story »

  • The nation's weather

    AP – Sun Nov 22, 4:10 am ET  

    A low-pressure system that has lingered in the Gulf of Mexico the past few days, bringing rain to the Gulf Coast, was expected to finally move inland into the Southeast on Sunday. This was likely to translate to widespread rain and even a few thunderstorms in the area even as the system weakens while moving toward the Southeast coast. Full Story »

  • Iran's Ahmadinejad on controversial trip to Brazil

    AFP – Mon Nov 23, 11:26 am ET  
    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech during... AFP

    BRASILIA (AFP) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday began a controversial visit to Brazil, the key leg of a tour to sympathetic Latin American and African countries he sees backing Tehran's vision of "a new world order." Full Story »

  • Mexico says drug witness died in apparent suicide

    AP – Sat Nov 21, 5:52 pm ET  
    REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE.
Military and forensic experts... Reuters

    MEXICO CITY - A top drug cartel suspect who turned state's evidence has been found dead in an apparent suicide, while a body found in Guerrero state was identified as a rebel leader who accused the state governor of drug ties, Mexican law enforcement said Saturday. Full Story »

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