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14 July 2011 Last updated at 18:58 ET

Menezes family urges wider probeJean Charles de Menezes

The family of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes mistakenly shot dead by UK police in 2005 writes to the UK PM after it was revealed that a relative may have been hacked.

View of the Trump Ocean Club tower located in the Pacific coast of Panama City, on 6 July 2011Latin America set for 4.7% growth

Latin America and the Caribbean are set for 4.7% growth but inflow of capital risks creating short-term booms in finance and property, the UN's regional economic body says.

Argentine ex-army officers jailed

An Argentine court sentences two ex-military officers to life for murder and torture at a notorious prison run by the country's former dictatorship.

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  • Forensic worker Rayo Del Carmen Ochoa examines DNA samples to help identify corpses, in the Mexican forensic building in Mexico City, in this picture taken 14 June, 2011.CSI challenge

    Drugs war strains Mexico's forensic experts

  • Demonstrators shout slogans during protests against the government on 20 December 2001 in Buenos Aires during a period of political and economic upheavalWinners and losers

    Greece's economic turmoil stirs painful memories for Argentines

  • People holding flowers attend a concert organized by different artists in honour of murdered Argentine artist Facundo Cabral in Guatemala City, 10 July 2011In pictures

    Guatemalans mourn Argentine singer Facundo Cabral

  • Mexican social worker Daniel in Ciudad JuarezHip hop hope

    The power of music in Mexico's most violent city

  • Place of my own

    Why Cubans want to be able to buy and sell property

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    Peruvians celebrate the past - and the future - of Machu Picchu

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