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Free after 35 years in jail for a crime he did not commit
Singled out by victim at an identity parade, but DNA tests prove he could not have raped the nine-year-old boy
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Britons win appeal over Brazil insurance fraud
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Courts Two British law graduates held in Brazil for insurance fraud have been acquitted after an appeal. Shanti Andrews and Rebecca Turner, both 23, were arrested in July after telling police they had been robbed while backpacking.
Texas polygamist gets 33 years for child sex abuse
Friday, 18 December 2009
The Texas attorney general's office says a 57-year-old member of a polygamist group has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for the sexual assault of a child.
Top Mexico drug boss killed in gun battle
Friday, 18 December 2009
200 marines bring down feared trafficker renowned for beheading his rivals
Remembering invisible victims on 'International Migrants Day'
Friday, 18 December 2009
Few of the Central American migrants looking to escape to the United States are prepared for the horrors they will endure along the way. Entering Mexico through one of its border states (most often Chiapas or Tabasco), they face a constant threat of persecution, and, at present, lack even the most basic of human rights.
Johnny Who? Los Angeles bemused as France decamps to Hallyday's bedside
Friday, 18 December 2009
Media circus at hospital treating pop star unknown to American audiences
The Big Question: Will taking Guantanamo Bay inmates to Illinois resolve their legal status?
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Surgeons to operate on Brazilian boy with 50 needles inside him
Thursday, 17 December 2009
A boy of two is in intensive care in Brazil after up to 50 sewing needles were pushed inside his body, apparently one by one.
The surreal afterlife of an ex-President
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Alex Hannaford: What is Dubya doing now he's retired? Defending his reputation - and telling jokes
Independent Appeal: Ecuador's yellow revolution
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Fairtrade has transformed the lives of banana farmers and their families but a computer charity has helped them take on the big boys. Guy Adams reports
Right-winger ahead in Chile poll
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera was leading in Chile's presidential election yesterday and is favourite to win a run-off in Latin America's most stable economy after 20 years of leftist rule.
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