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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing entitled 'Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice,' on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 2, 2012.

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US Attorney General Faces Renewed Criticism Over Mexico Gun Operation

Republicans say Holder not providing enough info about US operation allowing gun buyers to move arms to Mexico

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Director of National Security James Clapper testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 2, 2012.

US Lawmakers: Iran's Latin America Ties Pose Threat to US

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says Iran 'now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States'

Colombia's FARC Rebels Put Off Plans to Free Hostages

Rebels delay plans to free six hostages held for more than 10 years because of what they say is military activity in the area

Mexican Ambassador Seized, Then Freed, in Venezuela

Mexican officials said Ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife and his wife were both in 'good health'

A USGS map highlighting seismic hazards in Peru

Earthquake Strikes Peruvian Coast

Survey says quake happened Monday shortly after midnight local time, 280 kilometers south-southeast of Lima

Firefighters carry away a body from the rubble after a building collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.

Death Toll Rises to 17 in Brazil Buildings Collapse

Officials say rescue workers pulled more bodies from rubble Saturday, three days after office buildings collapsed in Rio de Janeiro

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas (file - January 17, 2012).

Chavez Hopes for Better Relationship With US

Venezuelan president says he hopes if President Barack Obama is re-elected two leaders can shake hands and have 'a great relationship'

Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt speaks with the media after a judge placed him under house arrest, at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City January 26, 2012.

Guatemala to Try Ex-Dictator for Genocide

Judge rules Efrain Rios Montt should answer charges or responsibility for mass killing of indigenous people during civil war

Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks Rio de Janeiro, 2007 (file photo).

5 Dead in Brazil Buildings Collapse

Brazilian rescue workers continue their search for people who may be trapped in rubble in downtown Rio de Janeiro

Chef Gilberto Cetina Jr. and coauthor Katharine Diaz look at their new cookbook called Sabores Yucatecos, or Yucatan Flavors

US Immigrant Restaurateurs Share Dishes of Mexican State

The Cetinas share their family recipes in a cookbook, 'Sabores Yucatecos,' or Yucatan Flavors. The book is coauthored with Katharine Dia

A Haitian woman waiting for a taxi in Port-au-Prince looks at earthquake damage on January 9, 2012. According to the UN some 50 percent of the rubble left by the January 12, 2010 earthquake still litters the Haitian capital.

Haiti Warned to Expect More Major Earthquakes

Experts say 2010 earthquake may be start of a new period of strong seismic activity

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega greets supporters at the swearing-in ceremony for his second term as president at the Revolution Square in Managua, Nicaragua, January 10, 2012.

Irregularities in Nicaragua Election Prompt US Aid Review

US Secretary of State Clinton says November 6 re-election of President Ortega was 'setback to democracy,' had major irregularities

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