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Africa
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Europe
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The Americas
- Police may have killed up to 30 during strike in northeastern Brazil
- Head of Nevis gov't met with Breyer to reassure him after judge robbed on the Caribbean island
- Mexican authorities say they've seized methamphetamine producer for 'El Chapo' in Mexico
- Colombian prosecutors say priests hired hitmen in suicide pact
