Many Haitians’ religious faith unshaken by earthquake
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Peru’s president says Yale University has agreed to return artifacts to the South American country — a move that could end a lengthy dispute over relics excavated nearly a century ago.
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A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Islas Marias region of Nayarit, Mexico Tuesday, according to U.S. Geological Survey.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not on the ballot in this Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but he nonetheless casts a large shadow over the vote.
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Cuban President Raul Castro said Wednesday he regretted the death of a prisoner after a prolonged hunger strike, even as human rights activists reported 30 people were detained on the way to the dissident’s funeral.
Tropical Storm Alex approached hurricane strength early Tuesday as it churned off the northwestern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula in the Bay of Campeche, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Three men arrested as suspects in a homegrown Canadian terror group “are not card-carrying members of al Qaeda, but they follow in the movement and show common trends,” a Canadian government source close to the ongoing terror investigation told CNN on Friday.
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