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Kingpin's death could mean more violence in Mexico
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:59:27 GMT
 AP - One of the world's most powerful drug cartels took a major hit when soldiers killed a top kingpin in a gunbattle, and his death will likely will mean more violence as factions fight for the cocaine and methamphetamine empire that he left behind.
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Suspect in 2 Panama killings eluded police in US
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:52:41 GMT
 AP - A North Carolina man accused of killing two Americans in Panama was married with three kids, living a successful life with a lucrative landscaping business and a beautiful mountain home.
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Mexico kills drug kingpin in raid, US shutters consulate
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:01 GMT
 AFP - Mexican soldiers gunned down a top drug lord in a rare victory against the country's brutal cartels, as the US consulate in the blood-soaked border region closed Friday for security reasons.
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FAA to downgrade Mexico's air safety rating
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:54:32 GMT
AP - U.S. aviation officials are downgrading Mexico's aviation safety rating, a move that could have economic consequences for some airlines.
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US investigates threats against Mexican consulate
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:49:39 GMT
 AP - The U.S. State Department said Friday it is evaluating threats surrounding the consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez as hundreds with appointments for visa applications and other services stood outside the shuttered office wondering what to do.
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Peru: Spy husband could face fraud charges
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:06:01 GMT
 AP - A Peruvian journalist whom the U.S. deported to Russia this month in a spy swap is free to return home but her Russian husband could be charged with lying on his citizenship application, Peru's foreign minister said Friday.
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U.S. urges Cuba to free "unwell" detained contractor
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:38:52 GMT
Reuters - The United States urged Cuba on Friday to free a U.S. contractor held in Havana for nearly eight months on suspicion of espionage and subversion, saying he was unwell and had still not been formally charged.
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Mexico drug boss death could spark power struggle
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:25:22 GMT
 Reuters - Mexico's killing of a top drug trafficker is a coup for President Felipe Calderon, but it may result in a spike in violence and is unlikely to lead authorities to the country's most wanted drug boss.
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First gay couples tie knot under new Argentine law
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:12:57 GMT
 Reuters - Gay couples rushed to tie the knot in Argentina on Friday, two weeks after the country became the first in Latin America to grant them the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples.
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Argentine couples wed under new gay marriage law
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:38:14 GMT
 AP - After a 27-year courtship, two men on Friday became the first gay couple to wed under Argentina's historic same-sex marriage law — the first of its kind for a Latin American nation.
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US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announces labor consultations with Guatemala under CAFTA-DR agreement
(PR Newswire)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:29:00 GMT
PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced that the U.S. government has requested labor consultations with the Government of Guatemala under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). This is the first time that the United States has requested consultations under the labor chapter of a U.S. free trade agreement.
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Pair wanted in US woman's death deported to Panama
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:24:31 GMT
AP - A U.S. couple was deported in shackles Thursday from Nicaragua to Panama, where they face charges of killing two Americans and questioning in the disappearances of 5 other people.
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Ecuador urges meet to calm Colombia-Venezuela row
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:37:29 GMT
 AFP - Ecuador has called for a presidential summit of the Unasur group of South American nations to deal with the diplomatic breakdown between Bogota and Caracas over Colombian rebels allegedly operating in Venezuela.
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U.S. closes consulate in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:45:37 GMT
 Reuters - The U.S. government has shut indefinitely its consulate in Mexico's most violent drug war city Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, to evaluate security conditions.
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Cuban hunger striker Farinas leaves hospital
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:41:56 GMT
 Reuters - Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, whose long hunger strike helped pressure the Cuban government into releasing political prisoners, left the hospital on Thursday, not fully recovered, but ready to resume his life of opposition.
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Mexico drug gang kingpin killed in raid: official
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:16:14 GMT
 AFP - A top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang has been killed while resisting arrest in a military raid, the defense ministry said, in a rare victory for authorities battling the country's brutal drug cartels.
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Neighbors fail to end Venezuela-Colombia rift
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:13:14 GMT
 Reuters - South American foreign ministers failed to mend broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia at a meeting on Thursday but the countries agreed that irregular armed groups were hurting peace in the region.
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Canada cancels 2 Mexicana flights on creditor request
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:48:56 GMT
Reuters - Airline Mexicana de Aviacion said on Thursday that two Mexico-bound flights were canceled on request from a creditor to Canadian authorities who demands clarification over the company's financial situation.
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Wyclef Jean steps toward Haitian presidential race
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:04:37 GMT
Reuters - Grammy-award winning singer Wyclef Jean said on Thursday that he has taken legal steps toward running for president in quake-devastated Haiti, but has not made a definite decision to run.
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Top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang detained: reports
(AFP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:59:40 GMT
 AFP - Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang, has been detained in a military raid in the suburbs of the western city of Guadalajara, media reports said here Thursday.
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