Americas
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Colombian police will not arrest former Real Madrid and Corinthians midfielder Freddy Rincón because the South American nation has no extradition treaty with Panama where he is wanted on drug-related charges
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The beach ban adds to increasing fears that a promised cleanup of water pollution will not be ready in time for the 2016 Olympics
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Freddy Rincón is wanted for questioning by Interpol over alleged involvement in money-laundering and criminal conspiracy relating to drugs
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Americas are first region to be free of disease also known as rubella with last case originating from region reported in Argentina in 2009
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Opposition say legislation was rushed through without proper scrutiny while Nicaraguan military says it plans to buy Russian jets and patrol boats
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As well as the two Australian ringleaders of the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring, Indonesia executed four Nigerian men, one man from Brazil and one Indonesian. A woman from the Philippines was spared
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Photographer Martin Bernetti captures the first clean-up efforts as residents return to La Ensenada, a town in the foothills of the Chilean volcano
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Herbicide is used in US-funded efforts against cocaine production but World Health Organisation has deemed it a probable carcinogen
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Four women and one man face human trafficking charges after woman, 22, was chained to ironing station and given one meagre meal a day
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Few speak English and some are racially mixed, but 150 years later descendants of post-civil war emigrants see stars and bars as a positive symbol of their heritage
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The restoration of US relations with the Castro regime is seen by many as a triumph for Barack Obama. The story of how it happened is extraordinary
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Despite a name he calls ‘extremely charged’, the accomplished painter remains relatively unknown in the international community – and he’s not complaining
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A woman throws a mango at Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, hitting him on the head
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The migrant tragedies in the Mediterranean, the Calbuco volcano in Chile, the continuing violence in Syria – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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Antonio Ledezma, who is charged with allegedly planning to oust Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, may be placed under house arrest
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Marleny Olivo scrawled a note on the fruit and hurled it at the head of the passing Nicolás Maduro – and has now been promised a place to live
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US border agents shouldn't have the courts' permission to shoot people in Mexico