Montevideo – Uruguay beat the mighty Paraguay by 2-0 Saturday, to add excitement to the South American qualifiers towards the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Paraguay – who lost in Montevideo in a gam…

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The recession probably caused Brazilian school attendance in Japan to drop by about 40 percent over a two-month period ending in early February, the education ministry said.

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Jozy Altidore started the comeback in the 77th minute and Frankie Hejduk scored the tying goal in the 88th as the United States rallied for a 2-2 draw at El Salva…

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Welcome to our live discussion of the USA-El Salvador World Cup qualifier. We'll give updates and analysis; please add your thoughts about the game as well.

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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (AAP) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday at a summit in Chile told off representatives of the United States, Britain and Spain for causing the global…

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Colombia scored their first goals in six 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ qualifiers to beat Bolivia 2-0 on 28 March and revive their hopes of reaching South Africa. Macnelly Torres, given the …

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U.S. Frank Hejduk, front, celebrates after scoring during a 2010 World Cup qualifying soccer match against El Salvador in San Salvador, Saturday, March 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz) – AP

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Frankie Hejduk of the United States The United States have been held to a rather surprising 2-2 draw by El Salvador, while Mexico earned a 2-0 win over Costa Rica.El Salvador were on their way to a …

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South American Zone pacesetters Paraguay suffered a jolt on a seemingly inexorable road to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ when they went down 2-0 to Uruguay.

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Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan celebrates his goal against Paraguay during a FIFA World Cup South Africa-2010 South American qualifying match, at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo. Latin American p…

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DOHA: The second Arab-South American Business Forum designed to explore the vast potential in bi-regional trade cooperation opens today at Sharq Village hotel in Doha.

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A drop in commodity prices contributed to losses across Latin America's major equity benchmarks on Friday, but the indexes all finished up higher on a weekly basis.

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MONTEVIDEO, March 28 (Xinhua) — Uruguay beat Paraguay 2-0 to end a three-match winless run in World Cup qualifier on Saturday. Luis Suarez set up both goals for Diego Forlan in the 27th minute and D…

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The government of Rio de Janeiro is building concrete walls to prevent sprawling slums from spreading farther into the picturesque hills of this world-famous tourist destination. Construction has beg…

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While most high school and collegestudents are busy writing papers and preparing for exams, a select group fromacross the Americas are taking what they've learned in the classroom andputting it to pra…

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Ford says it is starting a voluntary buyout plan for three production facilities in Brazil.The company says the drop in global sales means fewer vehicles made in Latin America's biggest nation are bei…

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Latin American stocks fell Friday, paring weekly gains amid one of the sharpest rallies in years as prices for the region's top commodity exports declined.Brazil's benchmark Ibovespa index dropped 1.6…

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Brazil's soccer player Kaka rests during a practice of his national team in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, March 27, 2009. Brazil will play against Ecuador in a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match on…

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An early morning fire at a chemical depot in a heavily populated neighborhood prompted a series of fiery explosions on Friday, sending residents fleeing and damaging dozens of houses on the edge of Br…

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The Brazil Development Bank (BNDES) announced on Friday the signing of a 135.6-million-dollar agreement with German Development Bank (KfW) to finance wind power plants in Brazil. The two banks will fi…

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Brazil and China signed this week an agreement on cooperation in researches to develop genetically-modified cassavas, announced the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) on Friday. The…

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The United Nations announced on Friday its disposition to cooperate with Bolivia on the exploration and exploitation of uranium mines. The official in charge of the UN atomic energy program, Mohamed E…

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Vice President Joe Biden makes his first official trip to Latin America this weekend, attending a summit in Chile where he and like-minded center-left politicians will seek solutio…

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Employees demanding safer working conditions reached a preliminary deal Friday with the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras, after a five-day strike, their main union said.The…

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VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama wants a fresh start with Latin America and is ready to talk about any issue, his vice president, Joe Biden, told Argentine leader Cristina F…

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A Brazilian chemical plant in a heavily populated residential neighborhood of Sao Paulo burst into flames in a series of explosions, terrorizing residents who were evacuated by authorities. (March 27)

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A Brazilian archbishop has dropped a bombshell when he said Catholics and gypsies had been more persecuted than Jews during the Second World War. "The Jews talk about six million people killed. But ho…

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DETROIT — The Obama administration is likely to demand deeper concessions from Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. in exchange for additional federal loans, a person briefed on the government'…

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Bill Curtis, a field technician wit the U.S. Geological Survey, uses a laptop to check the performance of instruments at the bottom of a four-foot-deep hole, as scientists from the U.S. Geological Sur…

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LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit filed on behalf of shareholders of American International Group Inc. is demanding company executives return millions of dollars in bonuses, dividends and other perks. …

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5:22 p.m. March 27, 2009 As of Friday, March 27, 2009, at least 4,262 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. …

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NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Tyson Foods Inc., down 9 cents at .84 The world'…

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BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna wants to adopt a Malawian girl, a welfare official and another person close to the case said Friday, offering more detail on the second child the star is seeking from …

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NEW YORK — A young girl grabbing an after-school snack with her mother and sister was among seven people injured Friday when a New York City taxi hurtled into a pizzeria. One person was in …

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LOS ANGELES — The jury in music producer Phil Spector's murder retrial completed its first full day of deliberations without a verdict. The Los Angeles Superior Court panel spent about four…

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TUCSON, Ariz. — John Lackey is hurting, and his opening-day start for the Los Angeles Angels is in jeopardy. Dan Haren, meanwhile, is looking sharp for Arizona. He struck out 10 in seven in…

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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. (AP) -DaMarcus Beasley vividly remembers the first time he played a soccer match in El Salvador, in 1999 with the U.S. under-17 team.

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In this Oct. 2007 photo provided by the Hamburg University hospital (UKE) on March 17, 2009 a quarantine unit at the hospital is shown during a disaster control exercise. Hours after a 45-year-old sci…

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CHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — One New Jersey SPCA official said it's probably the worst case he's ever seen. An estimated 80 cats and one dog were found living in a home in a million-dollar neighborh…

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WASHINGTON — A handful of banks that needed government bailouts after making disastrous bets on over-the-counter derivatives are now seeking monopoly control over dealing in that market. Th…

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LOS ANGELES — MGM Mirage Inc. threw its .7. billion CityCenter casino project in Las Vegas a lifeline Friday, agreeing to make a 0 million equity payment that includes the portion owed by i…

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BITHLO, Fla. — Authorities said a man threw a Molotov cocktail at his neighbor's trailer, but the wind shifted and set fire to two cars, a pickup and a travel trailer in the man's own yard. The …

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NEW YORK — A New York businessman is launching a new kosher tequila in time for Cinco de Mayo. Martin Silver says Agave 99 will be on the market in time for the holiday that celebrates Mexico's …

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OREM, Utah — Police had an easy time catching a man suspected of driving under the influence. He was waiting for them in his car – where they said he was passed out in the driver's seat in…

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HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — A patron at the I Don't Care Bar & Grill evidently didn't care about leaving until it was way past closing time and the door was locked. The man, whose name was not rele…

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WASHINGTON — The personal savings rate, which was hovering near zero just a year ago, is now at the highest level in more than a decade as a severe recession causes Americans to tighten their be…

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This is a March 18, 2009 file photo showing Virginia Commonwealth coach Anthony Grant speaking during a news conference at the men's NCAA college basketball tournament in Philadelphia. Grant flew into…

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Brazil's President, while meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Thursday, said the global financial crisis was caused by "white people with blue eyes."

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Vina del Mar, Chile – US Vice President Joe Biden, in Chile to discuss world economic issues as well as relations within the Americas, Fridayproposed that Latin America and the United States "work tog…

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NEW YORK — A court-appointed trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's assets announced Friday he has reached a potential million deal to sell a trading operation within the dis…

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