Americas
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Mother of 'affluenza' teen detained in Los Angeles after Mexico deportationTonya Couch held in custody until she can be taken to her home state of Texas next week to face charges of hindering apprehension of a felon
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What will happen in 2016?Space explorers, genetic scientists, US voters, terrorists and hackers look set to dominate our world next year – but don’t rule out the odd pleasant surprise
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Central American countries agree airlift of Cuban migrants seeking to enter USMore than 40,000 Cubans have entered US this year after diplomatic thaw and airlift will leapfrog Nicaragua, which refuses to admit Cuban migrants
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Brazil's anti-corruption prosecutor: graft is 'endemic. It has spread like cancer'Deltan Dallagnol, 31, is leading an investigation that has so far charged more than 70 politicians, lobbyists and industrialists, overturning decades of impunity
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'Affluenza teen' and mother traced in Mexico after ordering takeaway pizzaEthan and Tonya Couch went missing after video allegedly showed 18-year-old violating probation for drunk-driving accident that killed four people
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The Party of the Brazilian Woman is not actually a women's political partyThe new political party has 20 federal deputies, only two of which are women. Can it ever be successful in attracting more in a country with awful records on violence against women and female representation in politics?
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From Paraguay to the US, Australia to Spain, El Niño brings Christmas chaosThe extreme weather events around the world over Christmas has lent yet more weight to the idea that the world’s climate is changing
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El Salvador footballer Alfredo Pacheco shot deadNational side’s most capped player, who was banned for life for match-fixing, murdered in shooting at petrol station
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Israel warns Brazil faces diplomatic downgrade unless it accepts settler as ambassadorIsrael warns ties may suffer if Brasilia does not accept nominee Dani Dayan, a former head of the Jewish settlement movement
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Jesus statue’s promotion to army general vetoed by Guatemalan presidentPriest in Guatemala’s capital makes Christmas Eve speech promising to promote beloved statue of Jesús de la Merced, but bishop and president intervene
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More than 100,000 flee El Niño flooding in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and UruguayWorst El Niño in more than 15 years causes several deaths and drives thousands from their homes in border areas of four South American countries
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Warm weather threatens to delay Canada's busiest ice roadRoad still expected to open in late January, but if weather patterns continue that could mean more work for crews on the Tibbitt-to-Contwoyto Winter Road
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Trudeau welcomes Syrian refugees but Canada may not reach targetCanada has pledged to resettle 25,000 Syrians by the end of February, but government may not reach its target of resettling 10,000 by the end of the year
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Colombian president signs decree to legalise medical marijuanaNew rules on growing and sale are ‘major step’ in fight against illnesses, President Juan Manuel Santos said, as country shifts away from US-backed drug policies
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Nevada airport files federal complaint over treatment of Mexican teenager15-year-old was allegedly detained for hours and unable to contact family as US officials say she had overstayed travel visa by 11 days during earlier visit
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Shark attacks Brazilian scuba diver during Unesco marine preserve diveThe 33-year-old man is expected to undergo surgery on Tuesday after his forearm was ripped off while vacationing at Unesco site, Fernando de Noronha
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Desert tower raises Chile's solar power ambition to new heightsTowering 200 metres above the desert, the Atacama 1 will harvest the sun’s energy from a surrounding field of giant mirrors. But the completion of the project has been thrown into doubt by the financial difficulties of its Spanish owner
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Shark kills man during rescue attempt by coastguard in CaribbeanOne of seven Venezuelans whose boat capsized near Aruba has died after attack moments before he was to be pulled to safety
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Steve Harvey's Miss Universe winner error will live in TV pageant infamyThe comedian and pageant’s host says he made an ‘honest mistake’ Sunday night, when he misread a cue card and declared Miss Colombia the winner
Canada misses target of 10,000 Syrian refugees by year's end