Six die as protesters burn Bolivian government office

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Six local government workers died of asphyxiation in the Bolivian city of El Alto after a group of protesters occupied and set fire to the municipal offices on Wednesday, El Alto's local government said.

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Syria aid trucks enter four of five besieged areas

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Trucks carrying humanitarian aid began to enter four of five besieged areas of Syria scheduled for deliveries on Wednesday in a U.N.-backed deal to deliver help to thousands of trapped residents, an aid agency source and conflict monitor said.

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Brazil's Rousseff bolstered by allied whip victory in house

BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff's main coalition partner, the fractious Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PDMB), re-elected an ally of hers as its leader in the lower house of Congress on Wednesday, enhancing her chances of blocking a bid to impeach her.

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Belgium find video of nuclear official in search for Paris attack clues

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian investigators searching houses linked to suspects in the Islamist militant attack on Paris in November found a video tracking movements of a man linked to the country's nuclear industry, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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Obama plans to sign North Korea sanctions bill: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama does plan to sign a North Korea sanctions bill, the White House said on Wednesday.

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Scores of dismembered bodies found in Colombian jails

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Remains of at least 100 dismembered prisoners and visitors have been found in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia's capital that houses drug traffickers, Marxist rebels and paramilitaries, investigators said on Wednesday.

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