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Colombia seizes 5.4 tonnes of cocaine worth $185 million -navy
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Authorities in Colombia, working alongside counterparts in Panama and the United States, have seized 5.4 tonnes of...
Read moreMan jailed for 208 years over Mexico school quake collapse
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican court has sentenced a man to 208 years in prison for the criminal homicides...
Read moreSouth African mother throws baby to safety from burning building
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A 2-year-old girl survived unharmed after her mother threw her to safety as they escaped a burning...
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Inside Iran’s plot to kidnap an American journalist
By Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The image on the alleged Iranian intelligence operative's device was chilling: A graphic showing...
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S.African govt plans troop surge to quell unrest -reports
By Rogan Ward and Siyabonga Sishi DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) -South Africa plans to deploy up to 25,000 soldiers in...
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U.S. probes ties of Colombian suspects in Haiti president’s assassination -source
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators are studying the backgrounds of Colombian mercenaries accused of assassinating Haiti's president...
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Venezuela says Italian court accepts extradition request for ex-oil minister
CARACAS (Reuters) - An Italian court on Wednesday approved an extradition request for Venezuela's former Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who...
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Factbox-The threat horizon according to Britain’s MI5 spy chief
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia...
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UK spy chief: hostile powers not behind racist attacks on soccer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top domestic spymaster said on Wednesday that there was little evidence that hostile powers such as...
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Two decades after 9/11, British spies turn focus back to Russia and China
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned citizens on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying...
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Iran says U.S. claim of kidnapping plot is ‘baseless, ridiculous’
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran rejected as "ridiculous and baseless" the United States' claim of Tehran's involvement in plotting to kidnap a...
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S.Africa looking into deploying more military to quell unrest, president says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African government is looking into expanding the deployment of the military after days of looting...
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After 24-year search, Chinese man reunited with kidnapped son
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - A man has finally reunited with his abducted son after a 24-year hunt...
Read moreSwedish court hands life sentence to Afghan convicted of stabbing spree
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An Afghan refugee was sentenced to life in prison by a Swedish court on Wednesday for a...
Read moreBosnia’s intelligence chief arrested over forged diploma accusations
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian police on Wednesday arrested the country's intelligence chief on accusations of money laundering and abusing his...
Read moreAustralian prosecutors drop needles in strawberries charge against woman
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian court on Wednesday ordered the release of a woman accused of sparking a major food...
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Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
By Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in...
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Colombian ex-soldiers went to Haiti for security not assassination -colleague
(Refiles to correct spelling of soldiers in headline) By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -An ex-soldier recruited to join a...
Read moreFormer Congo PM faces arrest warrant in graft case, sources say
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Matata...
Read moreFormer DEA informant arrested in Haiti assassination identified: sources
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. government sources on Tuesday identified the former Drug Enforcement Administration informant accused...
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