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In this July 25, 2014 photo, Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano walks to church in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Livieres Plano, a member of the conservative Opus Dei movement, has been removed by Pope Francis from a Paraguayan diocese said the Vatican Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, after he clashed with his fellow bishops by opening his own seminary and promoting an Argentine priest accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. (AP Photo/ABC, Raul Gonzalez)

Pope removes divisive bishop in Paraguay

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

French soccer team forward Antoine Griezmann, reacts after scoring against Paraguay during their friendly soccer match, at the Allianz Riviera Stadium, in Nice, southeastern France, Sunday, June 1, 2014. France is preparing for the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

France held to 1-1 draw after Paraguay’s late goal

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Paraguay's players celebrate after scoring, during their friendly soccer match against Cameroon in Kufstein, Austrian province of Tyrol, Thursday, May 29. 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Paraguay beats WCup team Cameroon 2-1 in friendly

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Paraguay's players celebrate after scoring, during their friendly soccer match against Cameroon in Kufstein, Austrian province of Tyrol, Thursday, May 29. 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Cameroon loses to Paraguay in World Cup warmup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Costa Rica downs Paraguay 2-1 in friendly

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Paraguay's Julia Marino takes a jump during the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Julia Marino, Paraguay’s 1st ever Winter Olympian

By ERIC NUNEZ - Associated Press

Paraguay's Julia Marino takes a jump during the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

SOCHI SCENE: She’ll be back

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Olympiakos signs Paraguay striker Valdez

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France to face Norway, Paraguay and Jamaica

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Embassy Row: Time for a change

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Kids play Mozart with violins made from garbage

By PEDRO SERVIN - Associated Press

Farmers at the Yvy Pyta settlement near Curuguaty, Paraguay, create a banner with pictures of landless farmers, some of whom were arrested in clashes with police over land reform, as they get ready last month to march to demand the jailed farmers’ release. Yvy Pyta is a community of wooden shacks surrounded by vast, privately owned industrial agriculture. The area’s poor residents have long claimed that one such operation is on land stolen from the state. (Associated Press)

Hail of bullets ends land-reform hopes in Paraguay

By Pedro Servin - Associated Press

Paraguay action film thrills and challenges

By BELEN BOGADO - Associated Press