SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador's FMLN party of former Marxist guerrillas almost certainly won a presidential election on Sunday that split the country along old civil war fault lines.

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A man stands on a street corner plastered with political propaganda of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, FMLN, in San Salvador, Saturday March 14, 2009. El Salvador will hold presidential…

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"I'm the president-elect of the Salvadorans," Funes told a news conference in a hotel in the capital of the Central American nation, after he received 51.2 percent of the vote with more than…

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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday he was keen to check out Brazil's famed beaches, but quipped his Republican foes would prefer he got lost in the Amazon.

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NEW: FMLN's Funes had 51.12 percent of the vote, with 84 percent of ballots counted A Funes victory would end 20-year hold by the right-leaning ARENA By some estimates, 75,000 Salvadorans died during …

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed the economy, energy and the environment Saturday during their first White House meeting.

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(CNN) — Mauricio Funes, a member of a political party that waged guerrilla war against the government 17 years ago, has claimed the presidency of El Salvador.

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SAN SALVADOR — Salvadorans vote Sunday in a closely-fought election that could see former leftist rebels put an end to 20 years of right-wing leadership in the crime-plagued Central American country.

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Mauricio Funes, candidate of a party of leftist former rebels, declared himself the winner of El Salvador's closely-contested presidential election, ending 20 years of right-wing rule. Funes led Sunda…

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SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador's former guerrillas, behind the bespectacled, moderate face of a former TV journalist, took a slim lead in presidential elections Sunday that threaten to oust conservat…

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Mauricio Funes, candidate of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) El Salvador's FMLN party of former Marxist guerrillas almost certainly won a presidential election that spl…

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Mauricio Funes, candidate of a party of leftist former rebels has declared himself the winner of El Salvador's closely-contested presidential election, signalling an end to 20 years of right-wing rule…

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March 3: Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti National Libertaion Front, or FMLN, gestures during a rally in San Sa

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The economy, energy and the environment confront President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in their White House talks Saturday. Trade, relations with L…

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Brazil emerged the eventual winner of the South American beach soccer championship after crushing Uruguay 10-1 here on Sunday. Brazil beat Argentine 3-1 in the semifinals to set up a final showdown ag…

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Observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) recognized on Sunday that the presidential elections in El Salvador were being held orderly. The OAS endorsed the 461 voting centers in all the…

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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Salvadorans voted on Sunday in a tight presidential election that pits a party founded by Marxist rebels against right-wing civil war foes who have governed since 1989.

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El Salvador’s former Marxist rebels seemed to have their best chance yet of ousting a right-wing party in power since the end of the 1980s civil war when the country voted yesterday in a charged…

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constitution [PDF text, in Spanish], began redistributing land to indigenous farmers Saturday. In a ceremony on part of the land seized by the government from large owners, Morales turned over about 9…

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San Salvador, El Salvador – Left-wing candidate Mauricio Funes appeared set to win Sunday's presidential election in El Salvador, according to the preliminary official count. Funes, 49, was leading wi…

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By Kamran HaiderISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan's government agreed on Monday to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice to defuse a political crisis and end a street agitation that was threatenin…

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Around 20 percent of undecided Salvadorans, out of 4.3 million eligible voters, were expected to play a key role in the vote to be decided in one round after all other candidates — all right-wing — …

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(AFP)–Polls closed in El Salvador Sunday in a potentially historic presidential election that could see former leftist rebels complete their political takeover, 17 years after a devastating civil w…

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Having been held in Brazil, the birthplace of beach soccer, in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and in France in 2008, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup moves continents once again this year with the fifth edition …

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March 15, 2009 · NPR's Jason Beaubien talks to host Jacki Lyden about national elections in El Salvador that could see the leftist revolutionary group FMLN achieve at the ballot box what it fai…

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The FMLN ticket is headed by Mauricio Funes, left, a onetime television reporter who has compared himself to Barack Obama as an agent of change. The governing Arena's candidate, Rodrigo Avila, is a fo…

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San Salvador, El Salvador – Salvadorans headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new president in a vote that could help the strife- torn Central American country put its violent political past behind it…

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Actress/model Gisele Bundchen and athlete Tom Brady arrive to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, …

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Former Marxist rebels are putting up their strongest electoral challenge in 20 years as El Salvador elects a new president and vice-president. Voting stations opened amid final opinion polls which su…

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AFP, SAN SALVADOR Monday, Mar 16, 2009, Page 7 Salvadorans voted yesterday in a closely-fought election that could see former leftist rebels put an end to 20 years of right-wing leadership. The r…

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AFP, VATICAN CITY Monday, Mar 16, 2009, Page 7 A senior Vatican official has criticized the excommunication of the mother of a Brazilian girl, who had an abortion after being raped, as well as the…

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed the economy, energy and the environment Saturday during their first White House meeting.Both leaders s…

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So tell me, why isn’t Pato starting yet?

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US President Barack Obama said his country has lot to learn from Brazil in the field of renewable energy and would utilise that opportunity to build close ties with other Latin American countries.

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March 15, 2009 · Polls have opened in El Salvador for that Central American nation's presidential election.The former Marxist rebels, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, are…

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March 15, 2009 · Voters in El Salvador are electing a new president Sunday. The former Marxist guerrillas — or the FMLN, as they're known — have put forward a relatively young journ…

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Taipei – Taiwan said Sunday that its diplomatic ties with Paraguay and the Dominican Republic are firm, despite calls for the governments of the two countries to recognize China. Foreign Minister Fran…

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Kleber Barbosa da Silva pushed the pilot out of a rented plane just before takeoff Barbosa, his 5-year-old son both killed in plane crash He seemed distressed, tells police 'I am going to do something…

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Bolivia's President Evo Morales has handed over thousands of hectares of land seized from large-scale owners to indigenous farmers. Mr Morales said the move would encourage people to put country over…

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President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed the economy, energy and the environment Saturday during their first White House meeting. Both leaders said the Oval O…

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed the economy, energy and the environment Saturday during their first White House meeting.Both leade…

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Last updated: 4:36 amMarch 15, 2009 Posted: 3:14 amMarch 15, 2009 RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil – In the United States, he's a cause celebre, a special pet of Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Departmen…

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LA PAZ: Emboldened by a new leftist constitution, Bolivia President Evo Morales handed over ownership of farmland seized by the state from wealthy estate holders to poor indigenous people. Morale…

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Mauricio Funes, a 49-year-old former TV journalist, is favorite to win the vote six weeks after his radical Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) claimed victory in the country's parliament…

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SAN SALVADOR – No one in this tiny country of 6 million understands the new ways of waging political war in the media age better than Mauricio Funes. A former journalist, he is the first candidate of …

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Bolivian authorities have announced measures to avoid an uncontrollable situation in regards to economic policy in the use of reserves and resources, according to President Evo Morales. Morales has…

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More than 300,000 people poured into the streets of San Salvador on March 7, for the closing rally of the campaign for Mauricio Funes, the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation’s (FMLN) pres…

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U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House on Saturday and the two leaders reaffirmed the development of the ties between the United St…

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Barack Obama, the US president, has discussed the global economic crisis with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president. In a meeting at the White House on Saturday, the two leaders agreed to ren…

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(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama, right, talks with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washingto…

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