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Conservative billionaire Pinera sworn in as president of Chile   Sebastian Pinera – whose fortune has been estimated by Forbes at $2.7 billion – has promised to transform Chile into a developed economy in eight years. Chile's...

Colombia's Santos, ELN rebels to restart talks   The talks were suspended by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in January after a series of bombings by the National Liberation Army. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during...

Colombia election: Farc's Timochenko pulls out of race Rodrigo Londoño - aka Timochenko - has also been pelted with eggs and tomatoes while out on the campaign trail The Farc former rebel group says its...

7 charged in Greece with belonging to violent neo-Nazi group   ATHENS, Greece A Greek prosecutor has charged seven men with alleged membership in a violent neo-Nazi group linked to a series of arson attacks on...

US President Donald Trump mocks low Oscars ratings     https://youtu.be/U-QvgMWCf2Q   President Donald Trump has mocked the low ratings this year's Academy Awards brought in – and gave a theory for why that is. "Problem is, we don't have...

Fear as South Africa meat recall over listeria spreads     The outbreak that claimed the lives of 180 people is the worst outbreak ever recorded globally. Several countries have banned imports of processed meat from South...

100 killed in Philippines since resumption of Duterte’s 'drugs war'   More than 100 drug suspects have been killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s call on police forces to rejoin his ‘war on drugs’ campaign, an...

Massive winter storm hits US east coast     Coastal flooding alerts were issued from New Jersey to Massachusetts with winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and high wind warnings in effect from the Northeast to the...

Sridevi Kapoor: Bollywood star who was India's lover, friend and mum Peter Bradshaw   Sridevi, who has died aged 54, had the megawattage to match Bollywood’s biggest male stars. Her death is a massive national loss.   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JVLIPIiA04?enablejsapi=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&origin=https://www.theguardian.com]  ...

Parkland school cop ‘never went in’ during the shooting. There were other failures, too. By Charles Rabin, Carli Teproff, Nicholas Nehamas And David Ovalle     VIDEO: Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said Thursday the school resource officer stationed...