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Mexico offers reward in bar massacre investigation
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Officials are offering a reward of 500,000 pesos (US$37,300) for the capture of gunmen who killed 11 people in a northern city bar. (Updated 3:47 p.m. PT)
Peru governor says he's ready to be prime minister
LIMA, Peru -- President Alan Garcia announced Saturday that he has appointed a leftist governor to become Peru's chief Cabinet minister, a day after the minister's predecessor resigned along with 16 colleagues amid a brewing oil-kickbacks scandal. (Updated 3:14 p.m. PT)
Hurricane Norbert slams into Mexico's Baja coast
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico -- Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes. (Updated 3:02 p.m. PT)
Peru governor says he's ready to be prime minister
LIMA, Peru -- A leftist governor says he has agreed to become the Peru's prime minister, a day after the nation's Cabinet resigned amid a brewing oil kickbacks scandal. (Updated 10:48 a.m. PT)
Strong quake shakes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands -- A strong earthquake jolted people awake Saturday in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and nearby Puerto Rico. There were no immediate reports of damages. (Updated 9:39 a.m. PT)
Ex-volunteers angry at Peace Corps Bolivia pullout
It took Ellen Arnstein the better part of two years to win the trust of the people of Camargo, a farming town of 5,000 in southeastern Bolivia. (Updated 8:03 a.m. PT)
Under Bush, US influence in Latin America wanes
QUITO, Ecuador -- In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline. (Updated 7:58 a.m. PT)
 | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008 |
- Colombia orders arrest of ex-general
- Peru says 14 killed in Shining Path attack
- Brazil wants its say in new financial order
- Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago; 1 arrest
- Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
- In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so all can eat
- Venezuela tax agency closes McDonald's temporarily
- Mexico auctions off more foreign reserves for peso
- UNHCR calls on governments to raise refugee funds
- Brazil stocks plunge 10 percent in early trading
- Hurricane warning issued ahead of Norbert
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008 |
- US to help rebuild washed-out Haitian bridge
- AP Enterprise: Some at Gitmo see US as ally
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008 |
 Day in Pictures World markets and more |
 David Horsey Farmhands ask: Who are these guys? |
 Photo Gallery "Fashionably Natural" fashion show |
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