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Obama Leads Romney in Poll
President Barack Obama is preferred by 52 percent of Americans compared with 43 percent who favor Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, a Washington Post-ABC News poll published Monday revealed.
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Honduran Cop Arrested in Murder of Prosecutor
A police officer was arrested on Monday in connection with the May 2011 murder of a prosecutor in the Caribbean city of Puerto Cortes, the Honduran Security Ministry said.
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Firm Asks Supreme Court to Block Handover of Treasure to Spain
The Florida firm that salvaged $500 million in gold and silver coins from the bottom of the Atlantic in May 2007 asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to issue an emergency stay against an order compelling the company to hand over the treasure to Spain.
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Spanish Painter Antoni Tapies Dies
Spanish artist Antoni Tapies, who wielded a strong influence on 20th century painting, died Monday, sources in the Barcelona city government told Efe. He was 88.
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Barcelona Soccer Club Named Team of the Year
The Barcelona soccer club and Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic were honored Monday at the Laureus Sports Awards as the Best Team and Best Male Athlete of 2011, respectively.
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Panel Reports 134 Assaults on Press Freedom in Mexico
The capital?s Human Rights Commission said Monday that 134 attacks on communications professionals, including 11 murders, took place in Mexico last year.
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Ex-Militiaman Gets 24 Years for Colombian Journalist?s Killing
A former militiaman was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the murder of journalist Alvaro Alonso Escobar, who was gunned down a decade ago in a coastal town in northern Colombia, the Attorney General?s Office said Monday.
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Latino Is Example That Hard Work Can Take You to Harvard
Edgar Orozco is an example that, with perseverance and effort, a person can win a scholarship to top-level universities like Harvard, despite having received an education below that generally demanded by colleges of that type.
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Ricky Martin to Be Sexy Teacher in ?Glee? (VIDEO)
Followers of singer Ricky Martin, who is in New York these days getting ready for his return to the Broadway stage, can view their idol this Tuesday on the popular television series ?Glee? in the role of a sexy Spanish teacher.
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Sports Tribunal Suspends Spain?s Contador
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will lose his 2010 Tour de France title and be excluded from this year?s Tour as well as the 2012 Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday in its decision in a doping case that began 18 months ago.
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Young Texas Latinos Unite to Aid Undocumented Students
An organization of young immigrants is seeking to educate and organize undocumented students in Texas and the country in general so that they know their rights and the opportunities that are open to them.
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Mexican Navy Rescues 6 Cuban Migrants
Six Cuban migrants were rescued over the weekend off the Mexican coast, the navy said Monday.
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Two Wounded in Attack on Police Station in Peru
A group of heavily armed individuals attacked the police station in Pujiura, a town in Peru?s Cuzco region, early Monday, seriously wounding two police officers, Radio Programas del Peru, or RPP, said.
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Colombian Teen Dies After Stepping on Rebel Landmine
One indigenous person was killed and another three were injured when they stepped on landmines planted by leftist FARC rebels in the mountains of the southwestern Colombian province of Valle del Cauca, community leaders said.
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Puerto Rico Exceeds 100 Murders So Far This Year
Puerto Rico?s violent death toll so far this year exceeded 100 on Monday when a man was shot to death in Cataño, near San Juan, police said.
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Brazil Privatizes 3 Airports
Brazilian-led consortiums obtained concessions to operate the country?s busiest airport and two smaller terminals, the National Civil Aviation Agency, or ANAC, said after Monday?s auction at the Sao Paulo stock exchange.
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Supporters of Striking Brazilian Cops Confront Troops
Demonstrators supporting the policemen who have been on strike for six days in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia clashed briefly Monday with soldiers posted around the regional parliament in Salvador, which is occupied by disgruntled cops.
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Protesters Call for End to Bullfighting in Mexico City
About 1,000 animal rights activists staged a protest over the weekend in Mexico City to demand an end to bullfighting, a deep-rooted tradition in Mexico.
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Venezuela Nabs 3 for Kidnapping of Mexican Ambassador
Venezuela?s interior minister announced that early Monday morning police arrested the people who briefly abducted Mexican Ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife on Jan. 29.
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Missing Family of 5 Found Dead in Honduras
Human remains found on a sugarcane plantation in the northern district of Rio Lindo may be those of a family of five who disappeared in December, Honduran police said.
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Mexican University Grants Honorary Degree to Israel?s Peres
Mexico?s Anahuac University of the Legionaries of Christ awarded an honorary doctorate to Israeli President Shimon Peres in a ceremony over the weekend in Jerusalem that noted his ?noble contribution to world peace.?
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PAN Picks Josefina Vazquez Mota to Run for Mexico?s Presidency
Josefina Vazquez Mota was selected as the presidential candidate of Mexico?s governing National Action Party, or PAN, in a primary election held over the weekend.
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Death Toll in Dominican Republic Shipwreck Now at 18
Eighteen people are now confirmed dead in a shipwreck over the weekend off the northeastern Dominican Republic, while rescue teams continue to search for dozens of people missing in the accident, officials said Monday.
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Manning Leads Giants to 2nd Super Bowl Win Over Patriots
Quarterback Eli Manning led the New Giants on an 88-yard game-winning drive in the 4th quarter, scoring with less than a minute remaining to beat the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI.
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VenEconomy: The Difference
Instead of investing, the practice of the Hugo Chávez administration is to ?acquire? companies and properties from individuals, almost always without paying the owners.
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VenEconomía: La Diferencia
En vez de invertir, la práctica del Gobierno de Hugo Chávez es la de ?adquirir? empresas y propiedades de los particulares, casi siempre sin pagar a los propietarios.
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Former Panamanian Dictator Noriega Taken to Hospital After Possible Stroke
Former dictator Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who has been in prison in Panama since last December, was transferred on Sunday to a hospital in this capital with a diagnosis of ?hypertension with the possibility of a cerebral hemorrhage,? the government announced in a communique, although initial medical exams performed on him there found that his condition was ?normal.?
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Cuba Producing Sugar with New Technology
Cuba has begun to employ a new technology to produce white sugar, a measure that improves its quality, avoids the refining process and reduces the cost of manufacture, local media reported Sunday.
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Julio Iglesias to Offer Series of Concerts in Argentina
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias on Sunday will give a free concert in the Argentine city of Tandil, where an audience of some 15,000 is expected, among them Buenos Aires provincial Gov. Daniel Scioli, authorities said.
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Four Colombian Soccer Players Arrested for Raping Teenager
Four players from Colombia?s Once Caldas soccer team are being accused by a woman of raping her, the Manizales-based team said.
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