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UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any…

2nd German traveler camps out in Brazil airport

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A German man who went to Brazil for a woman he met on the Internet has been camping out in an airport for more…

Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of Tijuana gang

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders Monday, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug…

UN: some Haitian hospitals are charging patients

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that…

Doctor: Kirchner recovers well from artery surgery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former President Nestor Kirchner is recovering well from emergency surgery on an important artery…

Quake shakes southern Mexico, felt in capital

OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and…

Bolivia expects 5,000 foreigners at climate forum

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's government says it expects thousands of activists, environmentalists and scientists to travel to the…

Venezuela declares emergency amid energy crisis

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez has signed a decree declaring an energy emergency in Venezuela to facilitate his…

Chavez hosts new radio show _ at any moment

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has launched a new radio program in which he can take to the airwaves at any…

Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of Tijuana cartel

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. officials say Mexican authorities have arrested two reputed leaders of a drug cartel that has terrorized…

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