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18 January 2011 Last updated at 21:35 ET

Haiti charges 'Baby Doc' DuvalierFormer Haitian leader Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, 18/01

Former Haiti leader Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier is charged with corruption and embezzlement just two days after his return, prosecutors say.


Deal ends Chile gas price protest

Chile's government reaches a deal to end a week of protests over gas prices in the far south that trapped hundreds of tourists.

Suspected drug trafficker Flavio Mendez Santiago flanked by armed federal policemen at a news conference Mexico arrests Zetas gang suspect

Mexican police arrest a suspected founding member and regional chief of the notorious Zetas drugs cartel, Flavio Mendez Santiago.

Special Reports

A Haitian man carries cement blocks from his handmade factory in Port-au-Prince 10 January 2011.Rebuilding Haiti

How Haitians are coping one year on from the earthquake that devastated their country

Expert Views

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Features & Analysis

  • Jean-Claude Duvalier after returning to Haiti, 16 January 2011Dark past

    What could Baby Doc Duvalier's return mean for Haiti?


  • Policeman at the scene of a clash between gangs in Acapulco (file picture)Number crunching

    Counting the full cost of Mexico's drugs war


  • Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie (file pic)Nazi ghosts

    How German intelligence used war criminals in South America


  • Juan Of The DeadJuan of the Dead

    Monsters on Havana's streets as Cuba shoots its first zombie movie


  • Ship of secrets

    What's behind a cruise ship full of spies?

  • After the floods

    Once water recedes, where does the clean-up begin?

  • Aftershock

    Why has so little changed in Haiti since the quake?

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    BBC Travel visits the RMS Queen Mary - a floating hotel twice the size of the Titanic

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  • Boy in Sao PaolaLula's Legacy Listen

    What has been the legacy of one of the most popular politicians in Brazilian history?


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