Protests in Andes as Fifa bans international games over 2,500m
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Sport: Fifa has provoked outcry in South America with its decision to ban matches at high altitude.
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The governing body of world athletics  Friday condemned the behavior of local fans who delayed the  start of the men's 200 meters final with deafening boos and  whistles.
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The largest protest march since Chile&#39;s police state ended 14 years ago turned violent Friday when demonstrators waged pitched street battles with riot police before President
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Brazil's Olympic Committee will protest  to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the assault on  Vanderlei de Lima who was pushed off the road when he was  leading the Olympic marathon on Sunday.
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International agitators join mass protest
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Riot police in Santiago, Chile have fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of students protesting President Bush&#39;s arrival later this week at an economic summit in the Chilean capital.
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Hundreds of thousands of Colombians stage nationwide protests against kidnapping and the civil conflict.
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There has been a big protest in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi against the rule of the country&#39;s president, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
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Police ticketed more than 2,500 people in the Argentine capital for failing to wear seat belts in the opening days of a campaign that had motorists fuming as they reluctantly buckled up.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with anti-government protesters who accuse him of trying to deprive the opposition of a voice in the drafting of a new constitution, local media reported.
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The Spanish Football Federation have been fined 100,000 Swiss francs (Â£44,750) by Fifa for the racist chanting at the friendlies involving England last month.
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World soccer body FIFA is investigating a clash between Chile's Under-20 soccer team and Toronto police late Thursday, with Chileans accusing police of using pepper spray and electric-shock guns against their players.
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Spain&#39;s Anti-Violence Commission has fined two soccer fans $7,900 and banned them from entering sporting grounds for five months for making monkey chants against Barcelona&#39;s striker Samuel Eto&#39;o during a recent match.
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More than 2,000 immigrants and members of anti-racist groups chanting "No to racism - Yes to unity" marched Thursday after an Albanian man was stabbed to death following a World Cup soccer qualifier.
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Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country and overseas on Monday in a massive protest against FARC guerrillas and their kidnapping of hostages held for years in hidden jungle camps.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Thousands of Argentines  mourning almost 200 young victims of a rock club fire took to  the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday to protest the  government's safety standards, as the city mayor resisted  pressure to resign.
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LIMA, Peru  - Hundreds of farmers seized a  hydroelectric plant in southern Peru on Tuesday to protest  government coca eradication efforts after a clash with police  in which two people died and 10 were hurt, officials said.