Colombian officials say left-wing Farc rebels have killed 12 soldiers during a patrol in a remote rural area near the sensitive border with Venezuela.

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Farc kills 12 Colombian soldiers

US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.

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US baby boomers in Hep C warning

Greek officials say Germany’s Chancellor Merkel has suggested a euro referendum, but Berlin denies the report, as world leaders gather in the US for a G8 summit meeting.

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Merkel ‘suggests Greek euro vote’

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi has died, doctors and officials say, but the lack of a formal announcement causes widespread anxiety.

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Malawi President Mutharika ‘dead’

At least 13 people have died in a fire at a prison in Honduras, officials say, a month after a similar incident killed more than 350.

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Honduras prison fire ‘kills 13′

Israel has cut working relations with the UN Human Rights Council, officials say, after it decided to investigate settlements in the West Bank.

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Israel escalates UN rights spat

MEXICO CITY — Vatican officials say the pastoral visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Cuba beginning this week has nothing to do with politics. But nobody in Latin America really believes it. In Mexico, the pope is expected to bolster a close Catholic ally, President Felipe Calderon, and his beleaguered ruling party, which is running behind in opinion polls on the upcoming elections. Read full article > >

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Pope Benedict XVI comes to Mexico, Cuba at time of change

U.S. officials say they see Iran’s hand in the increasingly brutal crackdown on opposition strongholds in Syria, including evidence of Iranian military and intelligence support for government troops accused of mass executions and other atrocities in the past week. Read full article > >

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U.S. officials: Iran is stepping up lethal aid to Syria

British officials say it’s not clear what’s on the ship.

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Man Finds $3B WWII Treasure

British officials say it’s not clear what’s on the ship.

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Man Finds $3B WWII Treasure

China’s navy is to carry out military exercises in the Pacific Ocean, officials say, amid continuing maritime disputes in the region.

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China navy in Pacific exercises

Federal officials say that many medical marijuana operations are covers for large-scale illegal sales.

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Medical Marijuana Industry Moves to Block U.S. Crackdown

One of Thailand’s largest industrial estates is evacuated due to flooding, as officials say most of Bangkok appears to have escaped the deluge.

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Key Thai business park evacuated

More than two hundred people have died in monsoon flooding in Thailand since mid-July, officials say, as more heavy rain is forecast.

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Thailand flood deaths exceed 200

A tomato-hurling mob assaulted the U.S. ambassador to Syria and several aides Thursday as they arrived for a meeting with an opposition leader, an incident the State Department later said was deliberately staged by Syrian officials. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sharply condemned the attack on Ambassador Robert S. Ford , who U.S. officials say was trapped for more than an hour when the mob besieged the Damascus office building where the meeting occurred. No Americans were hurt, but several embassy cars were badly damaged. Read full article > >

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U.S. ambassador to Syria accosted by pro-Assad mob in Damascus