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The swine flu epidemic spread deeper into the United States, Europe and Latin America _ and in Canada, back to pigs _ even as Mexico’s health chief hinted Sunday it may soon be time to reopen businesses and schools in the nation where the outbreak likely
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The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks.
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Mexico’s health secretary said the swine flu epidemic in his country “is now in its declining phase,” even as the U.S. and five other countries in...
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Costa Rica is reporting its first confirmed swine flu case _ and the first flu case in Latin America outside Mexico.
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President Barack Obama on Monday ordered his Cabinet to find ways to slice spending by $100 million, but acknowledged it’s a “drop in the bucket” and...
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Back from his fence-mending trip to Latin America and the Caribbean, President Barack Obama holds his first full White House Cabinet meeting on Monday.
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President Barack Obama on Sunday suggested that Cuba release its political prisoners and defended his highly publicized handshakes with Venezuelan President Hugo...
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The wife of a Russian businessman accused of conspiring to sell weapons to Colombian Marxist rebels said Tuesday that the only trip the couple had ever taken to Latin...
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Spiraling drug violence in Mexico, narcotics trafficking elsewhere in Latin America and a thriving opium trade in Afghanistan pose significant national security threats...
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The last Salvadoran troops are home from Iraq, ending Latin America’s military presence there.
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