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Arrest revives memories of hijacking ordeal
One phone call brought the 41-year-old memory back to George Hopkins instantly, flooding him with the terror of having a .38-caliber pistol jabbed in...Two killed in attack on Guatemalan police
Lethal assaults on police and prison guards in Guatemala continued over the weekend, with an attack on a national police patrol that killed two offic...Weakening Hurricane Rick downgraded
Hurricane Rick weakened to a Category 3 storm early Monday as it churned toward Mexico's Pacific coast, forecasters said.Panama faces probe over alleged torture
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been asked to investigate whether Panama tortured an Ecuadorian citizen who was being held as an illegal...Seven killed in Puerto Rico shooting
Authorities on Sunday were investigating a shooting outside a neighborhood bar and grocery store in northern Puerto Rico, which killed seven people a...Rio fortifies streets after deadly shootout
Some 2,000 police officers patrolled the streets of Rio de Janeiro Sunday after a bloody confrontation between rival drug gangs and authorities that ...Cuba won't let blogger go to New York for prize
A Cuban blogger who has criticized her government has been denied permission to travel to New York to pick up a prestigious journalism award Wednesda...Luxuries dazzled gangster's girlfriend
All that glitters may not be gold, but for Colombia's narco-molls the most important thing is that it glitters.Strike to protest job cuts in Puerto Rico
Thousands of Puerto Rican workers and supporters started to gather Thursday for an islandwide strike over government budget cuts that have led to the... 0 Comments mmore