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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The deadliest prison blaze in a century has drawn attention to an unfortunate U.S. export to Central America: street gangs. Prisons in Honduras and elsewhere in Central America are teeming with inmates who belong to gangs that have their
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ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press | SAN DIEGO The deadliest prison blaze in a century has drawn attention to an unfortunate U.S. export to Central America: street gangs. Prisons in Honduras and elsewhere in Central America are teeming with inmates who bel
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A police stands next to the body of a man lying on the sidewalk after being shot dead by unidentified attackers in northern San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, Feb. 16. 2012. Security ministers of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are scheduled to... View Photo »
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But Advance America officials said the companys headquarters and more than 200 corporate employees will remain in Spartanbur
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Procton said that they are very thankful to have Dr. Robert Apel heading up their eye project and that he is looking forward to this summer’s surgical mission in Usulatan, El Salvador. She also said that they will need to purchase an ophthalmology biomet
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For our Generations of Style issue, we felt it would be instructive to take two generations of women and give them a complete makeover. So we turned to you, our readers, to nominate either your mother or your daughter for a complete overhaul. The respons
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Jorge Shafik Handal, who is running for mayor of San Salvador for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), gives a flower to a women for Valentines Day as he campaigns in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012. El Salvador will... View Photo »
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Before Stephen Smith began attending Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. , when he heard the word "squash" the first thing he thought was "ugly vegetable." These days squash is so much more to the Georgetown native. It's art. It's geometry. It's mind-blowi
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The last of 34 defendants in a federal MS-13 gang prosecution was convicted of one charge in U.S. District Court in San Francisco Thursday, but acquitted of three other counts. Manuel Franco, 26, of San Francisco, an MS-13 member who was a government inf
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El Salvador is a country in Central America with a population of approximately 6.9 million people. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the north and east by Honduras, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador is the most densely populated nation on the American mainland (especially in its capital, San Salvador) and the most... Full Article
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Jorge Shafik Handal, who is running for mayor of San Salvador for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), gives a flower to a women for Valentines Day as he campaigns in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012. El Salvador will hold elections for congressional...
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Guatemala's President Otto P�z Molina answers a question during a news conference with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes, where they addressed issues related to regional security and how to coordinate their fight against organized crime in Guatemala City, Monday Feb. 13, 2012. ...
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Students from the Francisco Menendez Institute walk past inmates inside their cells as they tour a prison as part of a prevention program against crime in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The program, whose main goal is to prevent young people from joining gangs, is...
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In this picture taken Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, a woman and her daughter watch investigators work a crime scene where a man was shot to death in Guatemala City. President Otto P�z Molina will meet on Monday with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes to address issues related to regional...
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In this picture taken Saturday Feb. 11, 2012, a firefighter stands next to the body of Alberto Archila, 35, shot to death as vendors clear the area for investigators to work the crime scene in Guatemala City. President Otto P�z Molina will meet on Monday with El Salvador's President...
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In this picture taken Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, relatives mourn the death of a relative shot to death in Guatemala City. President Otto P�z Molina will meet on Monday with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes to address issues related to regional security and how to coordinate their fight...
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EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this picture taken Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, a mother covers her son's eye to prevent him from seeing the body of a man who was shot to death, lying on a street in Guatemala City. President Otto P�z Molina will meet on Monday with El Salvador's President...
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In this picture taken Thursday Jan. 26, 2012, a man lies handcuffed in a court parking lot after being detained in Guatemala City. President Otto P�z Molina will meet on Monday with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes to address issues related to regional security and how to...
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In this picture taken Tuesday Feb. 2, 2012, Guatemalan soldiers make a queue for their lunch meal in Sayaxche, Guatemala. President Otto P�z Molina will meet on Monday with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes to address issues related to regional security and how to coordinate their...
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In this picture taken Friday Feb. 10, 2012, passengers ride on a public bus where a private guard stands guard in Guatemala City. President Otto P�z Molina will meet on Monday with El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes to address issues related to regional security and how to...
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Inmates from the Penal Institution for Women work in a penitentiary farm in Izalco, El Salvador, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The farm was inaugurated on Thursday as part of a program to reintegrate inmates, who are close to completing their prison terms, into society.
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Cattle is fed by an inmate from the Penal Institution for Women in a penitentiary farm in Izalco, El Salvador, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The farm was inaugurated on Thursday as part of a program to reintegrate inmates, who are close to completing their prison terms, into society.
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Carrying scrubbing brushes, inmates from the Penal Institution for Women arrive to work in a penitentiary farm in Izalco, El Salvador, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The farm was inaugurated on Thursday as part of a program to reintegrate inmates, who are close to completing their prison...
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The Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in El Salvador, Sean Murphy (L), and Salvadorean Minister of Justice, David Munguia Payes (R), attend the inauguration of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in San Salvador, El Salvador on January 20, 2012. The goverments...
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People collect garbage to recycle in a shanty town in Villa El Salvador, on the outskirts of Lima, January 31, 2012.
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A public internet service is seen in Juan Pablo II shanty town in Villa El Salvador,Lima January 31, 2012.
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Eleven year old Andrea Rodriguez looks at her facebook page at a public internet service in Juan Pablo II shanty town in Villa El Salvador, Lima January 31, 2012. The world's largest online social network is expected to tap public markets for $10 billion in the coming months in an...
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Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, left, and El Salvador's Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez give a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday Jan. 18 , 2012. Timerman and Martinez signed bilateral agreements on technical, social and economic cooperation.
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Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, left, and El Salvador's Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez exchange bilateral agreements on technical, social and economic cooperation in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday Jan. 18 , 2012.
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El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes apologizes for the massacre of El Mozote during an event marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords in El Mozote January 16, 2012. Funes apologized in the name of the government for the massacre of El Mozote where over 900...
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El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes and an unidentified resident of El Mozote place flowers at the monument honoring the victims of the 1981 El Mozote massacre, during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that ended the war between a right-wing...
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El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes wipes away tears as he speaks during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that ended the war between a right-wing dictatorship and guerrillas of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, in El...
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A woman shows Phalaenopsis orchids during an exhibition in the International Conventions Center in San Salvador, El Salvador on January 29, 2012. Orchid growers organize a yearly exhibition to show orchids in their blooming peak.
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A woman takes snapshots with a mobile device of Phalaenopsis orchids during an exhibition in the International Conventions Center in San Salvador, El Salvador on January 29, 2012. Orchid growers organize a yearly exhibition to show orchids in their blooming peak.
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Salvadorean army veterans take part in a protest at El Salvador del Mundo square in San Salvador on January 12, 2012. More than 200 army veterans marched Thursday asking for better pensions, 20 years after the end of the civil war. This year El Salvador will commemorate the 20th...
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Jorge Shafik Handal, who is running for mayor of San Salvador for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), gives a flower to a women for Valentines Day as he campaigns in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012. El Salvador will hold elections for congressional...
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