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23 April 2011 Last updated at 21:28 ET

Brazil hit by deadly landslides

Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 10 people in southern Brazil, officials say.

Estibalis Chavez paints a Royal portrait while staging her hunger strike outside the British Embassy in Mexico City on 18/2/11Royal result for Mexican teenager

A Mexican teenager has been given the money to fly to London after staging a hunger strike to try and obtain a Royal Wedding invite.

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  • Mexican poet Javier Sicilia cries with family members in Cuernavaca, Mexico (1 April 2011)Poet's voice

    Mexican writer leads national anger against drugs violence

  • Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) holds up the arm of his brother, Cuba's President Raul Castro, during the closing ceremony of the sixth Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Congress in Havana, 19 April 2011Brothers in arms

    Cuba's Fidel Castro has Congress meeting with brother Raul

  • Shuar indigenous leader Pepe AcachoFriends no more?

    Why Ecuador's president is losing indigenous support

  • Section of Air France search graphicSearching the abyss

    The deep-sea mission to recover Air France flight 447

  • High cost

    The impact of Mexico's drugs war on the country's economy

  • Forest fears

    Concern over Branson plan to bring lemurs to the Virgin Islands

  • A last hurrah

    Cuba's communist rulers gather as the island waits for real change

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