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A woman in Arizona runs a mile with a rabid fox biting her arm, before she can free herself and take the animal for testing.

A $6bn US aid plan for Colombia fails to reach its target of halving drug production in the country, a Congressional report says.

Protesters in southern Peru clash with police in mining revenue protest, after a state of emergency is imposed.

The flight recorder from the Mexico City plane crash which killed the interior minister has been found.

Thirteen people - including Interior Minister Juan Camilo - were killed in a plane crash in Mexico City, authorities say.

Colombia's top military commander resigns following a probe into the extrajudicial killings of civilians.

Yma Sumac, the soprano known as the Peruvian Songbird for her vast vocal range, has died at the age of 86.

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A military jury at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre convicts a man accused of being Osama Bin Laden's media secretary.

Eleven policemen are killed during a weekend of drugs-related violence in the Mexican state of Michoacan.