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Venezuelan legislature launches trial against Maduro
(Reuters) Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly voted today to open a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for violating democracy, but the socialist government dismissed...
Trump: ‘I actually think we’re winning’
By Julia Manchester, CNN
(CNN) Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters in Florida Monday that he is in the lead in the race for...
South American rivals battle for ‘Cinderella county’
(Reprinted from BBC)
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‘Second life’ for Indian baby girl left on the streets to die
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An incubator in the nursery of India's premier medical institute in Delhi has been home to a tiny...
Venezuela National Assembly: ‘Government staged coup’
(BBC) Members of Venezuela's opposition-led National Assembly declared on Sunday that the government was engaged in "an ongoing coup d'etat".
In an emergency session, lawmakers...
US election: Trump takes aim at First Lady Michelle Obama
(BBC) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has launched a rare attack on Michelle Obama, saying "all she wants to do is campaign" for...
5 dead as storm pounds hurricane-stricken Haiti
(AFP) Five people were killed and one person was missing as torrential rains sparked flooding in Haiti, as the country still reels from devastating...
Meet the baby who was ‘born twice’
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Mosquito-borne virus threat to Americas laid bare
(BBC) More than 500 million people across Latin America and the Caribbean are at risk from mosquito-borne diseases, a summit in Cuba has heard.
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