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Mourners attended the wake of mayoral candidate Armando Perez in Maravatio, Michoacan state, Mexico, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Perez, a member of the opposition National Action Party, and another mayoral hopeful for Maravito were both fatally shot the previous day within hours of each other (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections ever
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ - Associated Press
Sat,03/02/24-11:10PM , 76 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among experts that these could be Mexico’s bloodiest elections ever.
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Police take cover during an anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

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Police in Haiti struggle against gangs storming prison in latest surge of violence
By EVENS SANON - Associated Press
Sat,03/02/24-9:05PM , 58 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti urgently appealed for help Saturday night as they struggled to hold back gangs trying to storm the country's main prison in a major escalation of violence sweeping the troubled Car
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King Harald V of Norway leaves the Notre Dame cathedral after attending at the funeral of the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, in Luxembourg, on May 4, 2019. Norwegian royal officials say that King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

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Norway's hospitalized king gets a pacemaker in Malaysia after falling ill during vacation
By JARI TANNER - Associated Press
Sat,03/02/24-7:27AM , 115 Reads
HELSINKI (AP) — King Harald of Norway was implanted with a temporary pacemaker Saturday at a hospital in Malaysia’s resort island of Langkawi, where Europe’s oldest monarch was being treated for an infection during a vacation this week, th
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Israeli strikes kill 7 Hezbollah members in south Lebanon
By MOHAMMED ZAATARI - Associated Press
Sat,03/02/24-6:17AM , 11 Reads
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli drone strike hit a car in south Lebanon Saturday morning, killing three Hezbollah members, state media and officials said.
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