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The Latest: Death toll rises to 193 in Colombia disaster
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on the deadly river overflow in southern Colombia (all times local):
Paraguay president fires top aides after deadly protest
Paraguay's president sacked his interior minister and police chief, following a clash that led to the death of a young activist as rioters angry about electoral reform stormed Congress. Closed circuit cameras captured the death of 25-year-old Rodrigo Quintana, leader of the opposition Liberal Party's youth branch, who was apparently shot by police early Saturday as they searched the party's offices in Asuncion for protesters.
Niger President Issoufou says will not seek third term
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday that he would not amend the constitution to allow him to seek a third term after his second and final mandate ends in 2021. "One of my greatest ambitions is to organise free and transparent elections in 2021 and pass the baton to another Nigerien whom the Nigeriens will have chosen," the president said in an interview on state television on the occasion of the first anniversary of his inauguration for his second mandate on April 2, 2016. The constitution of Niger limits the president to two terms of five years.
Serbia PM the runaway favorite to become president
By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE (Reuters) - Conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is runaway favorite to win Sunday's Serbian presidential elections despite opposition warnings about the extent of his domination over the Balkan country, balanced between the West and Russia. The role of president is largely ceremonial, but Vucic is expected to retain real power through his control of Serbia's ruling Progressive Party. As such, the election is unlikely to alter the country's delicate balancing act between the European Union, which Vucic wants Serbia to join, and Russia, with which Serbs share their Orthodox Christian faith and Slavic heritage.
1 child dead after 6 found unconscious from carbon-monoxide poisoning at hotel
Officials said the children were found unconscious and unresponsive in the indoor-pool area of a Niles, Michigan, hotel.
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