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Soccer officials arrested in Zurich; World Cup votes probed

ZURICH (AP) _ Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA's awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, only hours after seven soccer officials...

In historic face to face, Obama, Castro vow to turn the page

PANAMA CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro sat down together Saturday in the first formal meeting of the two country's...

Pope to World Cup: Overcome racism, greed in sport

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has a message for the World Cup: Let football be a showcase for teamwork and solidarity, not an...

From Bronx to Brazil: J.Lo to sing at World Cup

NEW YORK (AP) — Not so fast: J.Lo is performing at the World Cup after all. Jennifer Lopez said in an interview with The Associated...

Facebook, Twitter brace for World Cup fever

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's World Cup will play out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps like WhatsApp just as it progresses...

Obama: Congress consulted on prisoner exchange

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his decision to release five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for an...

Jamaica literary festival draws top-flight authors

TREASURE BEACH, Jamaica (AP) — Best-selling authors take to a seaside stage, bottles of Red Stripe beer in hand. Budding writers line up to...

Rapping rebels promote Colombia peace talks

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's largest rebel group is turning to rap music to try to rally support for peace talks. The fast-paced, 4-minute clip...

Homesick: American pleads guilty in '84 Cuba jet hijacking

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An American who returned from Cuba after hijacking a jetliner to the communist island 30 years ago pleaded guilty...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel laureate, dies at 87

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafted intoxicating fiction from the fatalism, fantasy, cruelty and heroics of the world that set...

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