Five killed in Brazil land clash
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Five rural workers are shot dead in the most violent incident in Brazil's land row since the president took power.
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Thirteen people including five soldiers were killed in fierce clashes between the security forcesand militants Sunday in Pakistan&#39;s South Waziristan tribal area bordering
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Twelve people, including a young boy,  are killed as Brazilian police mount an anti-drugs raid on a  Rio slum.
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Colombian soldiers killed 5 rebels in a gun battle as the army broke up an extortion scheme in which the guerrillas demanded protection money from a cousin of former President Cesar Gaviria, authorities said on Friday.
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Gunmen killed 11 people in a Guyana village early on Saturday in an attack a police source said was likely organized by the nation's most-wanted gang boss amid escalating violence in the small South American nation.
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A battle between prisoners wielding knives and sticks leaves at least 23 dead in San  Salvador, police say.
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One vagrant died and three were badly beaten in overnight attacks in Brazil&#39;s biggest city of Sao Paulo, raising the number of victims of a suspected death squad to 14 in four days.
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By Joseph Guyler Delva GONAIVES, Haiti  - A Brazilian soldier with theU.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti was shot and wounded Saturdaywhen peacekeepers and local police faced gunfire in a crackdownon armed gangs in the Haitian capital.
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An explosion has torn through part of a giant South African fuel and chemicals plant, killing five workers and injuring more than 100, the company that owns the plant says.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A swath of Amazon rain forest the size of Alabama was placed under government protection yesterday in a region known for violent conflicts among loggers, ranchers, and environmentalists.
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Rival gangs armed with machetes and stones fought in East Timor's capital late Thursday, injuring at least 13 people, witnesses and officials said. Hundreds of youths took part in the fighting in front of Guido Valadares Hospital, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said.
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Hundreds of wailing mourners gathered to bury five slain police officers Monday as gunfire crackled around the capital where clashes between supporters of the U.S.-backed government and ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have plagued peacekeepers.
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Demonstrators hurled rocks and bottles and gunfire rang out Thursday as Venezuela's leading opposition presidential candidate toured a slum stronghold of President Hugo Chavez. At least five people were injured.
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RIVAL factions in Congoâs postwar army fought gun battles on the vast nationâs eastern border with Rwanda yesterday, killing several people, a top military official said.
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Tough anti-gun laws take effect in Brazil, to curb what the UN says is the world's fourth-highest murder rate.
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A leader of a top samba troupe was shot dead in Rio de Janeiro just days before its famed Carnival celebrations and heavily armed police occupied a slum on Wednesday after clashes with drug traffickers killed six people.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - A Brazilian soldier with the  U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti was shot and wounded Saturday  when peacekeepers and local police faced gunfire in a crackdown  on armed gangs in the Haitian capital.