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Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

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AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.

'National tragedy' in Guatemala as landslides kill dozens (AFP)

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AFP - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a "national tragedy" on Sunday after landslides killed at least 37 people and left rescuers digging in the mud for nearly two dozen still missing.

Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds (AP)

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AP - While a fire warms their campsite, the icy feeling between Cristina Nunez Macias and her mother-in-law is as palpable as the cold Atacama desert.

Dozens still missing as Guatemala landslides kill 22 (Reuters)

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Reuters - A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22 people with dozens more feared dead, as torrential rains battered Guatemala.

Emotional ceremony for Chile miners as one month marked (AFP)

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AFP - In an emotional ceremony Sunday full of song, music and tears, relatives of 33 trapped workers marked one month since a cave-in at a Chilean mine entombed their loved ones deep underground.

Police nab alleged smuggler of Ecuadorean migrant (AP)

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AP - Authorities have detained an alleged smuggler of an Ecuadorean man who told police he survived a massacre of 72 fellow migrants in Mexico, the justice minister confirmed Sunday.

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Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums (AP)

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AP - Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday.

Venezuela OKs payment for French retailer Casino (Reuters)

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Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has approved a $690 million payment to French retailer Casino and other owners of a supermarket chain nationalized earlier this year, state media said on Saturday.

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Robbers burn clothing store, 6 die in Barbados (AP)

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AP - Robbers set a clothing store ablaze, killing at least six people in the normally peaceful capital of Barbados, police said Saturday.

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Judge orders Mexico drug lord 'La Barbie' held for 40 days (AFP)

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AFP - A Mexican federal judge has ordered 40 days of initial detention for Edgar Valdez, a notorious accused drug lord who police arrested this week, the attorney general said Saturday.