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Police foil bomb plot on pop star’s gig in Brazil

By Agence France-Presse Brazilian police said on Sunday, May 4, that they had arrested two people in connection with a foiled plot to attack Lady Gaga's packed mega-concert in Rio de Janeiro. Rio's...

Hundreds of buildings damaged, dozens injured in 6.3 Ecuador quake

By Agence France-Presse A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake left more than 30 people injured, damaged more than 800 buildings and caused widespread power cuts in the Ecuadorean port city of Esmeraldas on Friday,...

‘Sowing peace’? Colombia program for war criminals stokes debate

Agence France-Presse Once confined to jail over the killings of hundreds under his watch, former Colombian general Henry Torres now spends his days planting trees and is otherwise free. Like dozens of other...

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