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In Mexico, Yo Soy 132 ponders next step

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:13 PM PDT

Yo Soy 132 ('I am 132'), a student movement disenchanted with Mexico's democracy, says it wants to keep the PRI on its toes, even if the election is over.

MEXICO CITY — Here they were again, marching through the dark and the rain — the preppies from private universities, the hipsters in fat-lace skater sneakers, the young intellectuals with faces framed in wispy Che Guevara beards, the regular kids with backpacks and smartphones.

Pope Benedict's butler to stand trial on theft charges

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Paolo Gabriele will be tried by a Vatican tribunal for allegedly stealing Pope Benedict XVI's confidential papers and passing them to an Italian journalist.

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican judge on Monday ordered the butler who personally served Pope Benedict XVI to stand trial for allegedly pilfering hundreds of confidential documents from the papal apartments and passing them to an Italian journalist.

Brazil's economic slowdown so far leaves many unscathed

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:17 AM PDT

Brazil unemployment is at a record low, wages have risen, and more than 1 million jobs have been created this year. An economist calls it the 'great conundrum.'

SAO PAULO, Brazil — If the Brazilian economic boom is over, that's news to Maria da Conceicao Souza, who is standing in the scorching winter sun in Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo's largest slum.

Iran earthquake toll rises to more than 300

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 08:04 PM PDT

The twin quakes in Iran in a sparsely populated region leave officials scrambling to provide medical care, shelter and aid.

TEHRAN — Iranians turned their efforts from rescue to relief Sunday after twin earthquakes that killed more than 300 people, trying to provide medical care for more than 2,000 injured and shelter and aid for thousands left homeless.