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Activists stage a dance in honor of those forcibly disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship, which lasted from 1976 to 1983. (Ella Feldman/Courthouse News) BUENOS AIRES (CN) — Every March ...

Muammar Gaddafi continues to hold tightly to power even as NATO bombs rain down on Tripoli. Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad has killed more than 1,000 of his own people in an effort to quash protests.

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SAO PAULO — Brazil's government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.