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SAO PAULO, Brazil – The Greek billionaire Athina Roussel Onassis married a Brazilian Olympic equestrian Saturday night in a palm-tree lined estate, celebrating with more than 1,000 bottles of champagne. On grounds surrounded by trees and azalea bushes, the 20-year-old granddaughter and heiress of the late shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis …

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Nearly complete official returns on Wednesday showed leftist Evo Morales winning Bolivia’s presidency — holding 54.2 percent of the vote with more than 92 percent of polling places tallied. He needs just more than 50 percent from Sunday’s election to win outright and avoid the formality …

NABLUS, West Bank – Israeli troops killed three Palestinian militants during a raid Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus, and tension increased on the Gaza-Israel border as militants and the army traded rocket and artillery fire. With homemade rocket attacks increasingly approaching sensitive Israeli sites, including a power …