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Dog owner rescued with pet from floods in Spain

Utiel (Spain) (AFP) – Spanish emergency services use a helicopter to rescue a person and their dog, left stranded by flooding in Spain’s eastern Valencia region. Triggered by torrential rain, the flooding has left at least 62 people dead, according to rescue services.

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From jungle to the world’s fish tanks: Colombia’s booming aquarium trade

Guainía (Colombia) (AFP) – Every day, local fishermen visit Ernesto Rojas to sell him small, colorful fish plucked from rivers in the Colombian jungle that end up in aquariums around the world. The septuagenarian has dedicated half a century to the ornamental fish business, seen by critics as cruel and harmful to nature. Others recognize its benefits, including encouraging habitat conservation and offering an alternative to harmful activities like illegal logging and mining.

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Two weeks on, Morales supporters continue roadblocks in Bolivia

Parotani (Bolivia) (AFP) – At a traffic stop on a road leading to the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, a group of coca-chewing protesters man barricades of in the town of Parotani. For over two weeks, supporters of former president Evo Morales have been blocking roads around the country to ward off his potential arrest on rape charges and demand the resignation of President Luis Arce. [TO COMPLETE 36L63PN_EN]

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At least one person dead after hotel collapses in Argentina

Villa Gesell (Argentina) (AFP) – Rescue workers scramble to reach several people trapped under the rubble of a ten-story hotel that collapsed in the Argentine seaside resort of Villa Gesell. At least one person died when the Dubrovnik hotel, which had been undergoing renovations, collapsed in the middle of the night.

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One dead, a dozen missing in Argentina hotel collapse

Villa Gesell (Argentina) (AFP) – Aerial shots of a ten-story hotel building that collapsed in the Argentine seaside resort of Villa Gesell, resulting in the death of an elderly man and leaving a dozen others missing. IMAGES

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Little consensus on abortion among voters in Arizona

Tucson (AFP) – In Tucson, Arizona, volunteers canvass to try to persuade voters to back a ballot measure to inscribe abortion rights in the state constitution. But abortion sentiment in this state shows there is little consensus among voters.

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