GOVERNMENT: PRISON MELEE LEAVES 30 DEAD IN BOLIVIA
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire,…
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COLOMBIAN REBELS SUSPEND PEACE TALKS IN HAVANA
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Pablo Catatumbo, chief of the western bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, center, speaks to journalists accompanied by Ricardo Tellez, left, and Ivan…
POLICE: AT LEAST 15 DIE IN BOLIVIA PRISON MELEE
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives and members of the press surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were…
PARAGUAY CONGRESS GIVES LEADER NEW MILITARY POWER
By PEDRO SERVIN In this Aug.15, 2013 photo, Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes, center, and Vice President Juan Afara, right, attend a military parade in Asuncion, Paraguay. Cartes wants open-ended, blanket…
2 BRITISH WOMEN HEADING TO JAIL TO AWAIT TRIAL
William Reid, father of British Melissa Reid, second from right, arrives to the court where his daughter will be formally charged for drug trafficking in Callao, Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 20,…
ECUADOR LEADER MAY INSIST ON DIGITAL-ONLY DAILIES
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa delivers a nationally televised speech from the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Correa said that he has abandoned a unique and ambitious…
SNOWDEN REPORTER: WON’T BE SILENCED BY DETENTION
By DANICA KIRKA In this undated photo released by Janine Gibson of The Guardian, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, right, and his partner David Miranda, are shown together at an unknown…
THOUSANDS HONOR ELVIS PRESLEY AT GRACELAND VIGIL
By ADRIAN SAINZ Elvis Presley fan Jill Gibson lights candles outside Graceland, Presley’s home, before the annual candlelight vigil on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Presley fans from…