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Argentines hit president's vow to pay debt
Jan 2 2006 10:45PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - President Nester Kirchner's promise to pay off the country's near $10 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday is drawing protest by some Argentines who say the money should be spent on social programs.
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Mexico demands probe of U.S. border death
Jan 2 2006 10:32PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican officials called Monday for an investigation into the death of a man they said was fatally shot while sneaking across the border into California.
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18 Cubans in homemade boat rescued
Jan 2 2006 10:31PM (CT)
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - Mexican port authorities and a U.S. boater rescued 18 Cubans from a rickety, homemade boat off Mexico's Caribbean coast on Monday.
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Haitian presidential candidate jailed
Jan 2 2006 9:28PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A Haitian presidential candidate who was a suspect in the 2000 slaying of a prominent journalist was arrested Monday for allegedly carrying unregistered weapons in his car, authorities said.
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Colombian rebels reject prisoner exchange
Jan 2 2006 8:08PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's main rebel group on Monday ruled out a proposed prisoner exchange with the government while Alvaro Uribe is president.
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Scandal costs Brazil party credibility
Jan 2 2006 7:27PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's governing Workers Party committed an "incalculable error" and has lost its credibility with the corruption scandal that has snared legislators and the party's top officials, Brazil's president said.
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Mexican rebel leader meets with Indians
Jan 2 2006 7:08PM (CT)
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) - The Zapatista movement's ski-masked leader began his public meetings on Monday in a six-month national tour to form a new leftist movement, pledging to "listen to everybody" as he met with Indian groups and rights activists.
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