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Diaz visits Peru

U.S. actress Cameron Diaz, right, takes pictures of press photographers as Sol Guy, an MTV Canada host, behind left, and guide Freddy Quispe stand with her during their tour of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Friday. Cameron's bag reads in Chinese "Serve the People," a political slogan by Mao Zedong.

Cuba: Espin laid to rest

HAVANA — Vilma Espin, the former guerrilla fighter who was communist Cuba's most politically powerful woman, was laid to rest with full military honors Friday.

Her husband, acting president Raul Castro, placed an urn containing her ashes in a mausoleum in the Sierra Maestra, where Espin fought during the late 1950s against the government of Fulgencio Batista. Espin died Monday at age 77 following a lengthy illness.

France: Eiffel Tower convictions

PARIS — A Paris court convicted 15 former Eiffel Tower workers of embezzling funds from the monument's ticket office, and ordered them Friday to pay a total of $940,000 in damages and fines.

The 15 — all former cashiers at the monument — were accused of stealing $1.34 million between 1996 and 2002 by exploiting a computer glitch allowing them to print tickets that would not show up on register receipts, according to court documents.

Greece: Heat blamed for deaths

ATHENS— Southeastern Europe baked under soaring temperatures Friday, with nearly 30 deaths across the region blamed on the year's first major heat wave. Electricity supplies, particularly in Greece and Albania, were strained as air conditioning use spiked.

Temperatures reached 104 degrees in Athens on Friday, with a top recorded temperature of 113 degrees on the island of Rhodes, according to state NET television.

Niger: Army base attacked

NIAMEY — Rebels attacked an army base in Niger on Friday, killing 13 and wounding 30 soldiers, and taking at least 47 prisoners, according to a government statement.

The statement read on national TV by government spokesman Mohamed Ben Omar said a group of heavily armed men attacked security forces early Friday in a remote Sahara outpost not far from the Libyan border.

Puerto Rico: Affidavit released