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'Click Here to Save Darfur'

Generation Facebook is using the Net not only to pledge online support for causes, but to take action in the real world When student Brandon Sabbag first learned of the genocide in Sudan he did what many of his peers have done....

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An Alaskan World Discovery: World Travels and Reflections of Place

Journal Written Photography from an Alaskan point of view. Over 200 photos to help tell the story of an early trip through the Annapurna Circuit, a climb up Aconcagua the Western Hemisphere's highest mountain, a journey to...

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Six dead after suspected Colombian rebels burn bus

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to bus traveling in the south of the country, a local state governor said on Friday.

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Gang 'killed victims to extract their fat'

Peruvian police have arrested a gang which allegedly killed scores of peasants, drained their bodies of fat and sold the liquid abroad as an anti-wrinkle cosmetic. Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their...

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Tampa Tribune reporter Todd Smith slain 20 years ago in Peru

By STEVE OTTO | The Tampa Tribune Published: November 20, 2009 TAMPA - They only vaguely know his story; one that came to a horrific end 20 years ago today somewhere in a place called the Upper Huallaga Valley of Peru, where...

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Reading Indian Response on Maoist Insurgency

Maloy Krishna Dhar's informative analysis on the Indian experience offers a broader context to understand Nepal's own Maoist problem. Besides the above there are about 22 old and non-functional Maoist groups of which the...

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Venezuela blows up two foot bridges to Colombia

SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.

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Motorcycle Caravan Stops at Paul VI Hall [2009-11-19]

Pope Greets Advocates for Release of Colombian Captives VATICAN CITY, NOV. 19, 2009 .- A group of Colombian motorcyclists sporting black T-shirts reading "liberty" formed part of the audience for Benedict XVI's public address...

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Bilateral tensions sparked in Latin America

With Venezuelan troops mobilised on the border with Colombia, and Peru accusing Chile of military espionage, bilateral tensions are once again flaring across Latin America. As has often been the case in recent years, the worst...

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Former hostages of Colombian paramilitary group suing former captors

Herald TribuneNov 19--Keith Stansell and two other men who were held hostage in Colombia for more than five years are suing FARC, the Colombian paramilitary group that held them. Stansell, of Manatee County, Marc Gonsalves and...

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