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  • In this image released by the U.S. Marine Corps on Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012, Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 (HMLA-467) unload a UH-1N Huey helicopter in Guatemala City, Aug. 11, 2012. A team of 200 U.S. Marines and four UH-1N Huey helicopters has begun patrolling Guatemala’s western coast this week in what a military spokesman says is an unprecedented operation, code named Operation Martillo, to beat drug traffickers in the Central America region.

    A team of 200 U.S. Marines began patrolling Guatemala's western coast this week in an unprecedented operation to beat drug traffickers in the Central America region.

    LAST UPDATE : Dec 05, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
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  • Dancers prepare backstage before competing in the 2012 Tango Dance World Cup salon finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. Argentina's annual tango competition, the highlight of a two-week festival which this year honored Astor Piazzolla, the legendary composer and bandoneonista who revived the genre and infuriated purists by blending tango with rock music in the 1970s.

    The Salon Tango finals, followed by Tuesday's Stage Tango competition, are the highlights of the two-week festival, now celebrating its tenth year.

    LAST UPDATE : Dec 05, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
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  • Adherents of a religious sect in western Mexico are physically blocking school teachers from entering their walled community, setting up one of the most high-profile confrontations between religious and civil authorities in Mexico since the 1930s.

    LAST UPDATE : Aug 24, 2012, 11:13 AM EDT
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