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Peru frees Chilean arrested outside air base

Peruvian police have freed one of two Chileans arrested this week on suspicion of espionage. Local prosecutor Lelia Vasquez says 34-year-old bicycle trekker Maximiliano Serain, who had pitched his tent a few meters from the perimeter fence of the El Pato airbase on Peru's northern coast, turned out to be the artist he claimed to be.

Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital

A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday. The Prosecutor General's office said in a statement the rebel commander was taken to a hospital to undergo tests, including some to check for possible malaria.
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1 dead, 2 injured in explosion near CA Marine base

Authorities say one person is dead and two others are injured following a propane-related explosion in military housing in Coleville, Calif., near the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center. A Marine spokesman said the blast was reported at 9 p.m. PST Friday in a residence in the base's privatized family housing area, about 30 miles from the base.
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