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Child among 30 killed in Bolivia prison riot

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A young child was among the 30 people killed Friday when a fight broke out between rival gangs at an overpopulated prison in eastern Bolivia, interior minister Carlos Romero said.

Brazil tells FIFA that Amazon venue will be ready

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Brazilian officials have given guarantees to FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke that the World Cup stadium in the Amazon city of Manaus will be completed by the December deadline established by football's governing body.

Brazil police guilty in 1992 prison massacre jailed for life

Twenty-five police officers were sentenced to life in prison Saturday for their role in the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre that left 111 prisoners dead.

Uruguay’s lower house approves legal regulated marijuana

Uruguay’s lower house Wednesday approved a controversial bill that for the first time would put a government in charge of production and distribution of legal marijuana.

Pope gets rapturous welcome in Brazil

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Pope Francis got a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of pilgrims as he arrived in Brazil on his first foreign trip as pontiff, but violent protests later swept the streets.

Venezuela ends rapprochement with US: official

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Venezuela late Friday said it has “ended” its rapprochement with the US due to a statement by Samantha Power, nominated to become the US envoy to the United Nations.

Bush senior shifted to ICU for persistent fever

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Former US President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a hospital here after battling a persistent fever all week, but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said today.

US condemns attack on Pak healthcare workers

Strongly condemning the attacks on anti-polio campaign workers in Pakistan, the US has said nothing justifies violence against health workers.

1 more guilty of hate crime in US rundown case

A fourth man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi, and another man admitted he was part of a group of young whites involved in racially motivated attacks against African-Americans.

1 more guilty of hate crime in US rundown case

A fourth man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi, and another man admitted he was part of a group of young whites involved in racially motivated attacks against African-Americans.

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