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Myanmar says Shan rebels attack oil company office

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:09:17 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's government says ethnic Shan guerrillas have attacked a state oil and gas company compound near the Chinese border, leaving two dead and three wounded.

Rios Montt: From army to dictatorship to courtroom

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:38:38 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY - Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country.

Paramilitary soap opera stirs dispute in Colombia

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:07:51 -0400

BOGOTA, Colombia - Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a blanket, they find the body of their father.