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IOL: South America
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IOL: South America
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Gunmen throw grenade at Mexican TV station
Gunmen threw a grenade and opened fire outside a Mexican television news station - and left a message warning journalists from reporting on drug war violence.
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50 years on, Raul Castro warns of US threat
On the 50th anniversary of the island's Communist Revolution led by his ailing brother Fidel, President Raul Castro has warned Cuba's future leaders that the US "enemy will never stop being aggressive, dominant and treacherous".
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Bleak New Year awaits shattered Ortega family
Joseph and Alicia Ortega and their many relatives are still reeling in shock after a Christmas Eve attack that claimed the lives of nine people at their California home.
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Cuba celebrates 50 years of Communism
Together with a band of bedraggled revolutionaries including late Argentine icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Fidel Castro emerged from Cuba's rugged jungle on 1 January, 1959 to seize control of the island.
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Raul Castro flies to Brazil
Raul Castro visits Brasilia to cement Cuban-Brazilian relations.
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