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Casey Anthony was served with a subpoena to appear in court as part of an ongoing defamation case against her.

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Casey Anthony as she appeared at her trial in 2011.
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Thug life, San Salvador
El Salvador's vicious gangs have called a cease-fire, enticed in part by conjugal visits for incarcerated leaders. Salvadorans are skeptical it will last.
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Simeon Tegel - Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 06:16
SAN SALVADOR — One of six siblings whose single mother struggled to make ends meet, Carlos was recruited to the Mara Salvatrucha — one of two Central American gangs whose violent tentacles reach from Los Angeles to Lima — when he was just 12. Yet Carlos’ most dangerous... full story
Peru: Warmer seas are blamed for bird carnage
After widespread dolphin deaths, thousands of boobies and pelicans wash up on Peruvian beaches.
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Simeon Tegel - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 06:01
LIMA, Peru — A lack of anchovies and other small fish triggered by unseasonably warm waters has left thousands of seabirds starving to death along Peru’s Pacific coast, experts say. This month, the corpses of 5,000 birds, mainly pelicans and boobies, have been discovered on beaches up and down the... full story
Brazil: Rio shuts makeshift police-run jails
With prisons overloaded, police turned anything from old buses to horse stables into detention centers. Rio de Janeiro is cracking down.
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Taylor Barnes - Monday, May 14, 2012 - 06:21
SAO GONÇALO, Brazil — In this working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro, women and babies line up with beans and crackers in front of what used to be a horse stable. Hundreds of men accused of drug trafficking, murder, robbery, sexual assault or paramilitary activity are waiting for them inside. These... full story
Caging in Central America
The region’s overcrowded prisons are deadly and churn out the real hardened criminals.
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Mike McDonald - Monday, May 14, 2012 - 06:20
COMAYAGUA, Honduras — The devastating prison fire in Honduras in February was the latest crisis for Central Americas’ crumbling justice systems and provoked heartbreak across a region where citizens have lost faith in law enforcement. full story

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How Spain's pain drives workers underground
As the official unemployment rate skyrockets, Spaniards go underground to survive.
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Lucija Stojevic - Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 06:22
As the official unemployment rate skyrockets, Spaniards go underground to survive. full story
Vote like an Egyptian
Cairo residents talk about what they're looking for in a president.
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Ben Solomon - Monday, May 21, 2012 - 06:26
Raw Feed: As Egypt gears up for its first-ever free presidential election on Wednesday, Cairo residents tell GlobalPost what they're looking for in their next president. full story
Video: Italy debates gay marriage
Italy's Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples.
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Fabiana Formica - Friday, May 18, 2012 - 08:10
The court rules that same-sex couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples. full story
In Venezuela’s prisons, inmates are the wardens
There’s always a party, everyone is armed, and prisoners sometimes engage in gladiatorial fights to the death.
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Girish Gupta - Monday, May 14, 2012 - 06:22
CARACAS, Venezuela — Through the darkness, noise and the bustling crowd, it takes a moment before you notice that everyone here is carrying a machine gun, a rifle or pistol — not slung over their backs or tucked into their pants, but menacingly prone. Others toss grenades up and down or sharpen... full story