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Chavez returns home after latest cancer treatment

Hugo Chávez the 56th and current President of Venezuela.   U.S. Navy photo by Martin Maddock.CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba.

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Earthquake shakes southern Mexico

BRN illustration/Nathan KobieluszMEXICO CITY (AP) - A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook southern Mexico early Friday morning, causing no reported damage but swaying tall buildings in the capital of Mexico City about 230 miles away.

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Cuban-Americans head to Cuba for pope's visit

Pope Benedict XVI.  U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day.MIAMI (AP) - More than 300 Cuban-Americans will form a delegation to Cuba for Pope Benedict XVI's historic visit to the island nation which begins Monday.

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Powerful quake hits central Chile

BRN illustration by Nathan KobieluszSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - There are no immediate reports of deaths or major damage after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central Chile on Sunday night.

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Chavez going to Cuba to begin radiation treatment

Hugo Chávez the 56th and current President of Venezuela.   U.S. Navy photo by Martin Maddock.CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he's flying to Cuba to begin radiation therapy Sunday for his cancer.

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Argentine train slams into station, 100s injured

Stock PhotoBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A packed train has slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station, injuring hundreds of morning commuters.

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Zetas gang killed rivals, escaped at Mexico prison

Stock PhotoMONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - Officials say members of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel stabbed and bludgeoned 44 members of the rival Gulf cartel to death and then staged a mass escape, apparently with the help of prison authorities.

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Death toll rises to 358 in Honduras prison fire

Stock PhotoTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A Honduran doctor says another man has died from injuries suffered the worst prison fire in a century, bringing the death toll to 358.

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Official: Prison fire in Honduras leaves 272 dead

Stock PhotoTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A forensic official in Honduras says a fire that swept through a prison has killed at least 272 inmates.

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Mexican navy finds 10 bodies in mass grave sites

Stock PhotoVERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) - The Mexican navy says a suspected member of the Zetas drug gang has led authorities to a mass grave site at two ranches in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

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Canadian doctor faces NY sentencing over meds

Stock PhotoBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Canadian sports doctor with a high-profile client list faces up to 18 months in prison when he's sentenced for bringing unapproved and mislabeled drugs into the United States.

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Canada's PM suggest politics behind pipeline delay

Construction of the Keystone Oil Pipeline owned by TransCanada.  Copyright © TransCanada Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.TORONTO (AP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper strongly suggested Friday that politics was behind the Obama administration's recent decision to delay a proposed oil pipeline from Canada - days before he planned to visit the White House.

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UPDATE: Peru quake destroys homes, injures dozens

Stock PhotoLIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvian authorities say 134 homes have been destroyed and 103 people treated at hospitals for injuries in a 6.9-magnitude quake just off the central coast.

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Hurricane Jova makes landfall on Mexico's coast

Stock PhotoMIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Jova has made landfall in the Mexican state of Jalisco as a Category 2 storm.

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Tropical Storm Hilary forms in the Pacific

Stock PhotoMIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary has formed in the eastern Pacific south of Mexico.

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