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A patrol car is seen through a fence on the US-Mexican border in El Paso, Texas (file photo).

Indian, Brazilian Nationals Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling

Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 for providing them passage into the United States More

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla listens to verdict in human rights abuse trial, Cordoba, Dec. 22, 2010.

Former Argentine Dictator Videla Dies in Prison

Rights expert says 'dirty war' secrets die with 87-year-old military junta chief, who was unrepentant to end about kidnappings, killings More

Every Sunday from April through October, Rolling Thunder volunteers gather to wash the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall. (VOA/J. Taboh)

Video Cleaning Vietnam Memorial Proves Healing for Veterans

Rolling Thunder volunteers clean wall once a month from April through OctoberMore

President of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo (R), participates in a debate about the situation of indigenous people and issues that affect these communities, in Brasilia, April 18, 2013.

Brazil Indians occupy cattle ranch in widening land dispute

Terena Indians' occupation of former congressman's ranch is the latest flashpoint in the clash between agriculture and indiginous policies More

Resigned Foreign Minister of Peru Rafael Roncagliolo (2012 photo)

Peru Foreign Minister Quits Over Health After Venezuela Spat

Official says Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo resigns over health reasons More

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Offices of British investment firm Coral Capital Group are closed and cordoned off with Cuban police crime scene tape, Havana, Oct. 14, 2011.

Cuba Readies Corruption Trials of Western Businessmen

Cases involving charges against Canadian, British executives have strained diplomatic relations
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Smoke drifts south in this image of Al Basrah, located in southeastern Iraq, captured by the Landsat mission on April 4, 2003. The green circles from the center to the left of the image represent irrigated crops. (Courtesy USGS)

Time-Lapse Look at Earth Shows Decades of Change

Watch 28 years of human development on Earth right before your eyes
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FILE - A Venezuelan gasoline station.

Venezuela Becomes Net Gasoline Importer in 2012

Venezuela joins growing list of countries that struggle with fuel supplies despite ample oil reserves
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Worker checks water levels, temperatures in a series of tanks at an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. hydraulic fracturing operation at a gas drilling site outside Rifle, Colorado, March 29, 2013.

North America Rapidly Reshaping World Oil Market

Report by Paris-based IEA says increased production in US, Canada to dramatically transform commodities markets over next five years
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Forensic scientists and doctors prepare for the exhumation of a mass grave site on the grounds of a mosque, in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, April 4, 2013.

Audio Scientists Search for Those Long Missing

Experts develop techniques that could help solve mass killings
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In this file photo, Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of political activist Malcolm X, leaves Family Court after a detention hearing, in Yonkers, N.Y., July 1999.

Grandson of Malcolm X Killed in Mexico

Twenty-eight-year-old Malcolm Shabazz has died in a Mexico City hospital after an apparent beating
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Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt heads out for the day after his trial session at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, May 9, 2013.

Guatemalan Dictator Found Guilty of Genocide

Judge in Guatemala City sentences 86-year-old Efrain Rios Montt to 80 years in prison
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