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Published: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 10:53 p.m. MST
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Colombia: Blast kills 3

BOGOTA — Colombian officials say three adults have been killed and two children wounded in two related anti-personnel mine blasts in the country's northwest.

The top security official in the town of Dabeiba, Wesly Uran, says two brothers age 9 and 10 were wounded Thursday night when they set off a mine. The boys' father, mother and uncle died in a second blast as they went to aid the youngsters. Uran says the mines were on a forest path and apparently placed by leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

France: $7.4M stolen

PARIS — French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with 11 million euros ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said.

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Lyon prosecutor Xavier Richard said the 39-year-old man appeared to have acted alone and prepared his escape in advance. A police search revealed that the man's apartment was empty, there were no sheets on the bed and the refrigerator was empty. The man had worked for Loomis France, the No. 1 French company specializing in transporting money and valuables, for 10 years. Loomis identified the alleged thief as Tony Musulin.

Guatemala: Tourist dies

GUATEMALA CITY — A Danish tourist died Friday, two days after being shot by robbers who tried to steal his camera while he visited a cemetery. Police said two suspected gang members had been arrested.

Paul Wolfgang Ritter died at a hospital in Guatemala City, where he was flown after being wounded in the port city of Santo Tomas de Castillo.

Mexico: Flooding worsens

VILLAHERMOSA— A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.

The flooding in eastern Tabasco state has worsened as rains persist and more rivers overflow their banks. Three people drowned earlier in the week while trying to flee a torrent of water in a drainage canal.

New Zealand: Manure art

WELLINGTON — A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for 3,080 New Zealand dollars ($2,220) on an auction Web site.

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