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Former Panamanian Vice President Felipe Virzi detained amid corruption investigation

PANAMA CITY – Panamanian officials say former Vice President Felipe Virzi has been detained while prosecutors investigate him for alleged corruption in connection with a costly irrigation project that was never completed. The 71-year-old Virzi was one of two vice presidents during the 1994-99 government of President Ernesto Perez Balladares …

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Wedding of 2nd ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoner in Uruguay postponed a week

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – The wedding of a second former Guantanamo Bay detainee to a woman in Uruguay has been postponed one week. Irina Posadas, an Uruguayan woman who converted to Islam, said her wedding to 34-year-old Syrian Omar Abdelhadi Faraj, scheduled for Saturday, would be postponed one week. Posadas said …

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UN presents draft agreement for unity government to Libyan delegations

SKHIRAT, Morocco – The United Nations representative to Libya has presented the latest draft agreement for a unity government to delegations from the rival governments of the chaotic North African country. Bernardino Leon told the attendees in a resort town south of Morocco’s capital on Monday that he expected this …

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