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Page last updated at 20:07 GMT, Sunday, 22 February 2009

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Colombia police in wiretap probe
Colombia's secret police are under investigation over claims rogue agents may have tapped phones and passed data to the mafia.
UN urges Colombia killings probe
Q&A: Colombia's civil conflict
Colombia's armed groups

Barack Obama, 20 February 2009 Obama hails 'fastest' US tax cut
US tax bills will begin to fall from April, President Barack Obama says, hailing a new tax cut as the fastest ever to take effect.

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto Stars gather for Oscar countdown
The elite of the film world gather in Hollywood for the Oscars, with Slumdog Millionaire tipped for the best picture prize.


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Dancers in devil's costumes in Oruro (photo Andres Schipani) In pictures
Masked revellers celebrate Bolivia's La Diablada festival
Rafael Ortiz, Miami cobbler It's an ill wind...
Miami cobblers benefit from economic gloom
View over Granada, Nicaragua Poetry passion
Nicaragua hosts International Poetry festival

MORE FROM AMERICAS
US actors reject studios' offer
Clinton urges stronger China ties
'No US rights' for Bagram inmates
Stanford bank in Antigua seized
Argentine farmers start protest
NY Post sorry for 'Obama' cartoon
US soldier guilty of Iraq murder
Nato members offer Afghan support
Brazil aircraft maker to cut jobs
US inflation picks up in January
BUSINESS
UBS pays $780m to settle tax case
Fed cuts 2009 economic forecast
US car giants seek $21bn funding
FEATURES
Drug violence mars Mexico city
Rich pickings for Madoff
Time catches up with global gangster
Bolivia's First Lady hopes for unity
US prisoners learn business secrets

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
URL Link Typical town?
Ethical Man finds true spirit but a legacy of pollution
Police office in Juarez Daily dread
Snapshot of life and death in Mexico's most violent city
Hugh Jackman Hugh's surprise
Oscar host says he will do the show "drunk and nude"

OBAMA'S FIRST 100 DAYS
Reporters track the changes

OTHER TOP STORIES
Ridge: We were wrong to torture
Clinton wraps up first Asian trip
Rihanna speaks after photo leaked
Mexico police chief stands down
ALSO IN THE NEWS
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George Bush at hardware store. Picture from Elliott's Hardware Bush turns down job in hardware store

JUSTIN WEBB'S AMERICA
Everyone's a winner?
US left-winger
MATT FREI'S WASHINGTON DIARY
Why saying 'sorry' is all the rage
SPORT
Tiger Woods Woods excited to be making return


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