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FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2010 file photo, Peru's then President Alan Garcia, attends a meeting in the Port of Ilo, southern Peru. Garcia said Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, he would cooperate with prosecutors investigating him for corruption after Uruguay turned down his asylum request and forced him to leave the residence of its ambassador to the Andean nation. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Uruguay rejects Peru Ex-President Garcia’s asylum request

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

France's Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring the opening goal on a penalty kick during an international friendly soccer match between France and Uruguay at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

World champion France beats Uruguay to cap successful year

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Brazil's Neymar scores a penalty during the international friendly soccer match between Brazil and Uruguay at the Emirates Stadium, London, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Neymar scores from spot as Brazil beats Uruguay 1-0

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Uruguay’s Senate Oks law for entry of US planes, personnel

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Correction: Uruguay-G20 Summit-US story

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Uruguay passes law granting rights to trans people

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Members of the media attend a preview for one of Quebec's new cannabis stores in Montreal, Tuesday, Oct.1 6, 2018. Canada will become the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace when sales begin on midnight Wednesday. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalizes marijuana

By ROB GILLIES and GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Syrian Ahmed Ahjam hands out samples at the opening of his Middle Eastern pastry shop at the Mercado Agricola in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. He’s one of six former detainees accepted by Uruguay in 2014 after U.S. authorities decided they weren’t threats but couldn’t be sent to their homelands. Ahjam and the others have struggled to adapt to the South American country. But the former jeweler from Syria says he’s learned to make sweets with recipes from his sisters and he’s been earning money selling them at fairs and private events. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Ex-Gitmo detainee now selling sweets in Uruguay capital

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Henry Stephens celebrates Canada day in Edmonton Alta, on Sunday July 1, 2018. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

EDITORIAL: Marijuana becomes legal in Canada, but there are perils for the unwary

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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Sam Shankland snares third chess title in a row

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 24, 2014 file photo, Uruguay's Luis Suarez holds his teeth after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil. The 21st World Cup gets underway on Thursday, June 14, 2018 in Moscow when host Russia takes on Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

WORLD CUP: Suarez sinks teeth into Italy defender Chiellini

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, Egypt's national soccer team pose for a photograph ahead of the 2018 World Cup group E qualifying soccer match between Egypt and Congo at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

WORLD CUP: Salah can rouse Egypt after 28-year wait

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, Uruguay's Edinson Cavani celebrates after scoring against Bolivia during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Montevideo, Uruguay. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)

WORLD CUP: Uruguay striker Suarez seeking redemption

By LEONARDO HABERKORN - Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 photo, Centenario Stadium is seen from an airliner window as it flies over Montevideo, Uruguay. According to the Uruguayan sports minister the stadium is liable to be demolished or refurnished as part of their joint bid with Argentina and Paraguay for the 2030 soccer World Cup. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Uruguay could demolish Centenario stadium for 2030 World Cup

By LEONARDO HABERKORN - Associated Press

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Leganes at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay agree on 2030 World Cup bid

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In this March 25, 2018 photo, a gaucho is thrown off a wild horse during the &quot;Criolla del Prado&quot; rodeo during Easter Week in Montevideo, Uruguay. The traditional &quot;jineteadas&quot; have been a popular Holy Week tradition since 1925, and were named a national sport by Uruguayan lawmakers in 2006. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

AP PHOTOS: Gauchos hold on for dear life in Holy Week rodeo

By LEONARDO HABERKORN - Associated Press

Greece's Anastasios Bakasetas, left, fights for the ball against Egypt's Mohamed Elneny, during the friendly soccer game Egypt against Greece at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)

Egypt’s frailties exposed in World Cup warmup losses

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Egypt to play Portugal, Bulgaria in pre-WCup friendlies

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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2011 file photo then Graz's head coach Franco Foda from Germany smiles prior to a Group L Europa League soccer match between SK Sturm Graz and FC Lokomotiv Moscow in Graz, Austria. Austria appointed former Germany international Franco Foda as the national coach on Monday Oct. 30, 2017. Foda will become the first German to lead Austria, taking over from Marcel Koller, who has not been offered a new contract after six years in charge. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson,file)

Austria coach Foda drops top scorer Janko for friendly

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In this Sept. 4, 2017 photo, portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il hang on a wall as a woman stands in a room of a dormitory for workers with the seafood processing factory Hunchun Pagoda, in the city of Hunchun in northeastern China's Jilin province. The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in American stores and homes. Privacy is forbidden. They cannot leave their compounds without permission. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nuclear-armed North Korea profits from US, EU seafood sales

By TIM SULLIVAN and HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press