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Brazil soccer exec says 2014 World Cup hosting plans back on track after FIFA criticism. Preparations for the 2014 World Cup are back on track just two months after FIFA publicly criticized organizers for missing deadlines, Brazil's top soccer official has said.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday security forces arrested a member of a gang led by accused plane bomber Luis Posada Carriles and suggested the El Salvadorian suspect planned to kill him.

El Salvador's president sends troops to prisons to help fight gangs, organized crime. Soldiers in El Salvador have started patrolling prisons to fight gangs and inmate-led crime.

Paroled New York activist Lori Berenson apologized to Peru for her "crime of collaboration with terrorism" in a letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

Lori Berenson apologizes to Peru for aiding rebels, asks government to commute sentence to US. Paroled New York activist Lori Berenson apologized to Peru for her "crime of collaboration with terrorism" in a letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Salvador Cabanas, the Paraguay striker missing from the World Cup after he was shot in the head in Mexico in January, will inspire the team who intend to pay tribute to him, coach Gerardo Martino said Sunday.

The shooting of Paraguay star Salvador Cabanas still weighs heavily on the team in South Africa and they plan to dedicate all their World Cup victories to their teammate.

LIMA (Reuters) - U.S. citizen Lori Berenson was freed from prison in Peru on Thursday after serving 15 years of a 20-year sentence for collaborating with a Marxist guerrilla group during the country's civil war.

An American woman convicted of terrorism for conspiring to seize the Peruvian congress was released from jail Thursday after serving 15 years of her 20-year term, an AFP photographer reported.

An American woman convicted of terrorism, Lori Berenson, was released Thursday from a Peruvian prison after 15 years, short of her 20-year term, an AFP photographer reported.

Peru has ordered the release of American Lori Berenson, who had been serving a 20-year sentence for terrorism since 1995, granting her a reduced sentence for good conduct, Judge Jessica Leon said.

LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian court granted parole on Tuesday to Lori Berenson, a U.S. citizen who served 15 years of a 20-year prison sentence in Peru for aiding leftist guerrillas during the dark days of the country's civil war.

Peru ordered the release Monday of American Lori Berenson, who was serving a 20-year sentence for terrorism since 1995, granting her a reduced sentence for good conduct, judge Jessica Leon said.

Peru on Monday ordered the immediate release of American Lori Berenson, who was serving a 20-year sentence for terrorism since 1995, granting her a reduced sentence for good conduct, judge Jessica Leon said.

LIMA (Reuters) - Lori Berenson, a U.S. citizen serving a 20-year sentence in Peru for aiding leftist guerrillas, could be granted parole on Tuesday after some 15 years in prison and deported, an official at the country's justice ministry said.

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Justo Villar will be hoping it is third time lucky when he leads Paraguay out for their opening Group F match against World Cup holders Italy in Cape Town on June 14.

Russia, China and a number of developing countries could not reach agreement with the United States, Canada, the U.K. and European Union.. A proposal for a treaty on global cybercrime was rejected this week by the United Nations. The proposal was discussed for 10 days at the 12th pentennial UN Crime Congress in Salvador, Brazil, but ended up a stalemate as Russia, China and a number of developing countries could not reach agreement with the United States, Canada, the U.K. and the European Union. As cybercrime develops into a major international scourge, efforts over the past 10 years among world powers have sought to broaden policing policies to allow law enforcement agencies to reach across national borders in pursuit of criminals. Along with traditional concerns over computer fraud, child pornography and cyberwarfare, one new contentious issue discussed during the talks was the evolution of cloud computing, which can transfer digital data across national boundaries to be stored on se

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AP IMPACT: Predator priests shuffled around world, some still at large and still ministering. There he was, five decades later, the priest who had raped Joe Callander in Massachusetts. The photo in the Roman Catholic newsletter showed him with a smile across his wrinkled face, near-naked Amazon Indian children in his arms and at his feet.

More snapshots of cases of Catholic Church transferring or moving priests accused of abuse. JOSEPH SKELTON