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  • Honduras lifts curfew 2 weeks after military coup

    AP – Mon Jul 13, 4:51 am ET

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Hondurans enjoyed their first night of unfettered freedom in two weeks after the interim government lifted a curfew imposed following the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.

  • Carlos weakens to tropical storm over the Pacific

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 11:18 pm ET

    MEXICO CITY - Hours after being downgraded from a hurricane, Tropical Storm Carlos weakened further Sunday night as it headed west over the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.

  • Colombia leader gives $1M to victims of conflict

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 10:17 pm ET

    MONTERIA, Colombia - President Alvaro Uribe delivered reparations totaling nearly $1 million on Sunday to 279 victims of Colombia's long-running conflict.

  • Mexican police capture suspects in attacks on feds

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 6:25 pm ET

    MORELIA, Mexico - Federal agents Sunday captured two suspects in connection with a series of attacks on federal forces across western Michoacan state that left five officers and two soldiers dead.

  • NY Philharmonic says Cuba tour prospects promising

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 5:42 pm ET

    HAVANA - Prospects for Cuban performances by the New York Philharmonic look promising following a tour of concert halls and meetings with music officials on the island, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said Sunday.

  • Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits southern Peru

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 3:37 am ET

    LIMA, Peru - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck southern Peru. The country's seismic institute says there are no immediate reports of damage or injury.

  • Peru's leader shakes up his Cabinet amid protests

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 12:09 am ET

    LIMA, Peru - President Alan Garcia shuffled his Cabinet on Saturday following months of protests, replacing seven of 16 ministers and naming a new chief — the third person to hold the post in nine months.

  • Haitian ferry capsizes; at least 5 people dead

    AP – Sat Jul 11, 5:44 pm ET

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A ferry capsized off Haiti's southern coast Saturday morning, killing at least five people. Authorities said it wasn't clear how many people were on board, but as many as two dozen could be missing.

  • Wanted: Late Colombian drug lord's escaped hippos

    AP – Fri Jul 10, 8:43 pm ET

    BOGOTA - One fugitive hippo down, two to go.

  • Mexico to arm Mormon community anti-crime force

    AP – Fri Jul 10, 8:22 pm ET

    MEXICO CITY - Authorities in northern Mexico will give arms and training to members of an anti-crime group in a Mormon community after two local residents were killed by hitmen with ties to organized crime, residents said Friday.

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