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Pope Benedict XVI (seated at center) listens as newly elevated Cardinal James Michael Harvey (second from left) of the United States delivers his speech during a Mass celebrated for the six new "princes" of the church in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope tells new cardinals not to be lured by power

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Briefly: World court rejects Nicaragua’s claim to islands

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Humberto de la Calle, head of Colombia's peace negotiation team, speaks to journalists before embarking to Havana for a round of talks with rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, at the military airport in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)

Colombian rebels announce cease-fire

By Andrea Rodriguez - Associated Press

Defense Minister Jose Carlos Pinzon (Associated Press)

Colombian rebels attack energy systems

By Vivian Sequera - Associated Press

Panamanian border police load boats with equipment to begin patrolling for migrant smugglers, among other things. Panama’s public safety minister, Jose Murillo, says that hundreds of Cubans are now taking the arduous Darien Gap route northward to the United States. (Associated Press)

Cubans undertake a treacherous trek across Panama

By Juan Zamorano - Associated Press

United States' Abby Wambach lays on the field after suffering from an injury at the hands of Colombia's Lady Andrade during the group G women's soccer match between the United States and Colombia at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)

Colombia player gets 2-match ban for punch on Abby Wambach

Associated Press

The United States' players embrace in celebration after Abby Wambach, centet, scored the second goal during the group G women's soccer match between the United States and Colombia at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)

Olympics 2012: Black eye, goal for Wambach in 3-0 win for U.S.

By Joseph White - Associated Press

Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel were accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza) ** FILE **

No charges for military personnel in Colombia prostitution scandal

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A Guatemalan policeman takes notes on about helicopter that crashed 124 miles northwest of Guatemala City in 2003 while transporting 1,675 pounds of cocaine. (Associated Press)

Central America next drug hot spot

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Colombia woos U.S. for wireless push

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Catcher Jhonatan Solano was called up by the Nationals as insurance in the wake of injuries to Wilson Ramos, Jesus Flores and Sandy Leon. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Solano brothers watch from opposite dugouts in Miami

By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times

**FILE** Officers of the urban management bureau, known as chengguan in Chinese, demand Nov. 20, 2011, a beggar and his child leave a street in Guiyang, in southwestern China's Guizhou province. (Associated Press)

Rights report hails Arab Spring, scolds North Korea, Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Mark Sullivan, director of the United States Secret Service, testifies before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Sullivan repeatedly spoke to the professional and ethical nature of most people in the Secret Service, but he did say that they took the actions in Cartagena seriously and will make every effort to ensure that such actions do not occur again. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Secret Service prostitute scandal reveals pattern, senators contend

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Mark Sullivan, director of the United States Secret Service, testifies before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Sullivan repeatedly spoke to the professional and ethical nature of most people in the Secret Service, but he did say that they took the actions in Cartagena seriously and will make every effort to ensure that such actions do not occur again. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Senate panel hears of wider Secret Service misbehavior

By Alicia A. Caldwell and Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

FARC suspected in fatal Bogota bombing

By Vivian Sequera - Associated Press

Police inspect the scene after a bomb exploded in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Julio Martinez)

2 dead in Bogota bombing targeting former minister

By Vivian Sequera - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 25, 2012, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Secret Service prostitution scandal. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Chaperones among new Secret Service conduct rules

By Alicia A. Caldwell and Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 25, 2012, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks at Brazil's Superior War College in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

U.S. looks to South America for security partners

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Expanding the prostitution investigation, the Secret Service acknowledges it is checking whether its employees consorted with strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama's visit last year to El Salvador. The disclosure comes not long after the Homeland Security secretary assured skeptical senators that the prostitution scandal in Colombia appeared to be an isolated incident. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

New Secret Service rules on alcohol, unsavory bars

By Alicia A. Caldwell and Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel were accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza) ** FILE **

Secret Service investigating another trip

By Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press