 World News
 Latin America (426)
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 2007
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Ortega takes office The one-time revolutionary, who fought for 2 decades to return to power, was sworn in during a ceremony in Managua
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| Jan.14 |
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 Iranian, Nicaraguan leaders meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expanded his courtship of allies in his standoff with Washington
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| Jan.30 |
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100 bodies unearthed from mudslide Within the last 2 months, nearly 100 victims of a 2005 landslide from hurricane rains have been unearthed
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| Mar.19 |
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19.4 tons of cocaine seized The police seized a boat off the Pacific coast in one of the biggest maritime cocaine busts anywhere on record
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| May.11 |
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 Russian ambassador taken hostage A 20-year-old Kazakhstan native turned himself over to police, ending a 3-hour standoff and safely releasing a man
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| May.24 |
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TV gets government order President Zelaya has ordered all the country's TV and radio stations to carry government propaganda for 2 hours a day
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| Jun.13 |
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Earthquake strikes off Guatemala A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck just off the Pacific coast. Some homes were damaged and people may be missing
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| Jul.4 |
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Salzburg Loses Bid for Winter Olympics
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 Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics  The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members
| Sochi secured 51 votes at a meeting of International Olympic Committee delegates, beating its South Korean rival by just 4 votes. The IOC has received the applications of seven cities to bid for the honor of hosting the event. On June 22, 2006, the Executive Board of the IOC narrowed the field to three candidate cities: Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; and PyeongChang, Republic of Korea.
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| Aug.12 |
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'Stolen' children found  46 children, believed to have been taken from their parents for illegal adoption abroad, have been found at a house in Antigua
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| Aug.21 |
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Hurricane pushes into Mexico gulf Dean has moved offshore after lashing Yucatan Peninsula and Belize, toppling trees and houses and bringing torrential rain
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| Aug.24 |
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 Noriega can be extradited to France Judge: Former Panamanian dictator can be extradited to France to serve a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering charges
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| Aug.28 |
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Judge agrees Noriega extradition A federal judge has approved the extradition of former Panamanian leader to France when his Florida jail sentence ends next month
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| Sep.3 |
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Hurricane Felix heads for Central America A potentially catastrophic hurricane is packing winds of 160 mph or more
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Thousands fleeing coastal areas Hurricane Felix has weakened to a category 4 storm but is still packing winds of 230km/h and is 'extremely dangerous'
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| Sep.4 |
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Category 5 Felix makes landfall | The hurricane made landfall with potentially disastrous rain and top wind speeds of 160 mph near the Nicaragua-Honduras border. Felix's center was about 10 miles north... | |
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Felix weakens, prompts fears of flooding Map of Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua Felix still posed a 'major flood threat' and could dump as much as 2 feet of rain in some areas
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| Sep.6 |
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Felix death toll rises above 40 Desperate families searched for scores of missing Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast where the hurricane blew away villages and flooded rivers
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Hurricane Felix death toll nears 100 Map of Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua Rescuers searched for survivors. The bodies of 25 fishermen were found along Miskito Coast, believed to be from a group of 109 Miskito Indians
| The storm hit land in north-eastern Nicaragua as a maximum strength category five storm.
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| Sep.7 |
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Judge lifts stay on Noriega extradition A federal judge lifted a stay on former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's extradition to France
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| Sep.15 |
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Moderate quake shakes Honduras 5.5 earthquake is sending panicked residents into the streets; some buildings were damaged
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| Oct.7 |
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Costa Rica supports US trade deal| President Oscar Arias, has said the country has given its backing to a free trade agreement with the United States | |
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| Nov.5 |
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Center-left wins presidential elections Alvaro Colom of the National Union of Hope party was declared the official victor
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 U.S. teen is only survivor of crash| Authorities found the bodies of pilot Edwin Lasso, Michael Klein and Klein's daughter, Talia. 13-year-old Francesca Lewis, was being taken to a hospital | |
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