Three held over Brazil land clash
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Police in Brazil arrest three men on suspicion of murder, following a violent confrontation over land rights.
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FOZ DO IGUACU, Brazil -- Geraldo Pereira has heard the rumors before, the whispers that cast a shadow on the reputation of this border town. So a bit of exasperation tinges his tone when the questions surface again.
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Brazilian police have detained in Rio de Janeiro a Massachusetts man who is wanted by U.S. authorities for kidnapping his own child 10 years ago, a police spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian state prosecutors on  Monday ordered the arrest of three soldiers in connection with  the killing of union officials accused of being leftist rebels  last month, the state prosecution office said.
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By Axel Bugge BRASILIA, Brazil  - Newly surfaced photographs ofa victim of Brazil's 1964-85 military rule have put thegovernment in a quandary -- how to avoid riling the armedforces while satisfying rights groups' demands for answersabout the country's "Dirty War."
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Three officials are held for evidence tampering after an alleged rape in Pakistan's Balochistan province that sparked tribal violence.
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Discovery of a lone survivor of an unknown Indian tribe in Brazil set off accusations of murder and a struggle over ownership of one of the world's last great wilderness areas.
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THREE jockeys and a trainer were arrested today in a probe into alleged fixing of horse races. More than 130 officers raided 19 addresses across Suffolk, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire and arrested 12 people for conspiracy to defraud.
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Paraguayan police captured a leading Brazilian drug trafficking suspect after a gunbattle with the occupants of a cocaine-laden plane near the border with Brazil, authorities said.
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Brazilian police recovered two stolen paintings, including a valuable Picasso, and arrested two suspects on Tuesday, nearly three weeks after the works were snatched from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art.
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More than 90 people in Brazil face possible charges after a two-year inquiry into money laundering.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian police have  detained in Rio de Janeiro a Massachusetts man who is wanted by  U.S. authorities for kidnapping his own child 10 years ago, a  police spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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Three Indonesians have been arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport here for the possession of drugs, local media reported Monday.
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PARACATU, Brazil  - Moacir de Mello's small farm is squeezed on one side by bulldozers belonging to a Canadian mining firm and on the other by a rancher trying to make him leave. "We're locked up like a pig in a sty," his wife says.
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Three people are arrested in Austria over a website threat to attack Germany and Austria, officials say.
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Congolese government forces clashed  with rebels at a town near the border with Rwanda for a third  day Wednesday as the two countries traded heated accusations  over who was involved in the fighting.
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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.