When the Taliban was toppled nearly 12 years ago in Afghanistan, a small number of biologists saw an opportunity on the margins of the war effort. The country's far reaches had barely been examined and were thought to contain some of the world's least understood species. But studying them would require complex, and sometimes tense, negotiations with some of the world's most isolated people.
Interpol: More than 6,000 people around the world were arrested in a two-month anti-counterfeiting sweep that netted tens of millions of dollars worth of fake shampoo in China, phony cigarettes in Turkey and bogus booze in Chile.
In a close primary election, political scientist Solís won by just 0.31 percent over lawmaker Juan Carlos Mendoza. Results must be confirmed by a hand count of ballots.
A new decree mandates a 20 percent drop in the sales tax of hybrid vehicles in a move the government hopes will bring it closer to its goal of carbon neutrality by 2021.
With 110 reported cases of human trafficking in Central America in the last five years, the IOM is hoping to set new guidelines that protect migrants' human rights.
The Brazilian military destroyed an explosive device discovered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida between Rio and São Paulo, where the pope is due to visit on Wednesday.
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