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| Oct.3 |
 Barcelona |
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 Lionel Messi to face tax evasion trial Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi is to face trial for alleged tax evasion, a Spanish judge has ruled
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| Oct.5 |
 Brazil |
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 Rousseff set to face Brazil run-off  | Brazilian incumbent Dilma Rousseff has won most votes in the country's presidential election, but has fallen short of outright victory | |
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| Oct.6 |
 Colombia |
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Lightning strike kills 11 members of indigenous tribe  Map of Sierra Nevada Colombia| Along Caribbean coast a lightning bolt struck a thatch-roofed hut where members of the Wiwa tribe were gathered | |
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| Oct.10 |
Sao Paulo |
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Water supply in Brazil's biggest city at risk as reservoir drops to 5 percent The governor of Sao Paulo says he's asking federal officials for permission to again engage in emergency pumping of water into a main reservoir
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| Oct.11 |
 Bolivia |
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Easy third-term win expected for Bolivia's Morales Evo Morales appeared headed to an unprecedented third term in elections on the strength of the economic and political stability
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| Oct.12 |
Brazil |
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Silva backs Neves in blow for Dilma The environmentalist Marina Silva, who came third in presidential election, has backed opposition candidate Aecio Neves in the 2nd round
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Bolivia |
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Morales claims Bolivia election win Map of La Paz Bolivia| President Evo Morales has claimed victory and a third term in office after presidential elections. This win is a triumph for anti-imperialists, he said | |
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| Oct.16 |
 UN Security Council |
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 Venezuela, New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola to join UN Security Council Those countries have been elected to coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council, but the final seat has yet to be determined
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| Oct.17 |
Brazil |
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Brazil leader 'dizzy' after debate President Dilma Rousseff says she is in good health after a bout of dizziness at the end of a TV debate
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| Oct.20 |
 Ecuador |
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6-magnitude quake felt on Ecuador-Colombia border The quake has struck Ecuador's border with Colombia; At 3:33 p.m. EDT, had a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles)
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| Oct.24 |
Brazil |
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Brazilian puffer fish lunch poisons 11 Eleven people fell seriously ill in south-east Brazil after eating a deadly puffer fish for lunch, reports say
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 Argentina |
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Argentina sentences 15 to life over La Cacha prison Map of La Plata Argentina An Argentine ex-police chief and ex-interior minister have both been given life sentences for running a detention and torture centre in the 1970s
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| Oct.25 |
 Chile |
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Chilean parents march against President's education reform Map of Santiago Chile Tens of thousands of parents in Chile have marched in the capital, Santiago, in opposition to the government's planned education legislation.
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Brazil |
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Brazil chooses its new president in tightest election| Millions of Brazilians are set to vote for a new president in what correspondents say is the tightest vote the country has seen in decades | |
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| Oct.26 |
Brazil |
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 Dilma Rousseff re-elected Brazilian president Left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected president of Brazil, after securing 51.45% of votes in a closely-fought election
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 Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem car attack claims second victim An Ecuadorean woman has died after succumbing to wounds sustained in a car attack in Jerusalem, bringing the death toll to two
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| Oct.28 |
Brazil |
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Bus and truck crash in Brazil killing 11 Map of Ibitinga Brazil A truck loaded with vegetable oil collided head-on with a bus full of high school students in southeastern Brazil
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