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Rescued sailor tells family: 'I'm ok'
Jan 5 2007 11:57PM (CT)
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) - An American sailor who spent three days adrift after a storm dashed his round-the-world voyage was headed toward land Friday after being rescued in treacherous waters off the southern tip of South America.
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Man arrested in peacekeepers slayings
Jan 5 2007 11:31PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - U.N. troops and local police raided a slum in Haiti's capital Friday and arrested an alleged gang member wanted in the slaying of two Jordanian peacekeepers, the U.N. mission said.
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Brazil transfers 12 drug lords
Jan 5 2007 10:40PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Twelve imprisoned drug traffickers suspected of ordering gang attacks that killed 19 people in Rio de Janeiro last week were transferred Friday to a high-security federal prison in southern Brazil, officials said.
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Former Colombia Cabinet official escapes
Jan 5 2007 10:03PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A former Cabinet minister emerged Friday from six years in 1102rebel captivity and said he fled through the jungle for five days after Colombian troops attacked the guerrillas who held him.
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Ailing Ecuadorean strongman resigns
Jan 5 2007 9:59PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Former President Leon Febres Cordero, whose center-right Social Christian Party long dominated Ecuadorean politics, has resigned from Congress and political life, citing unspecified medical problems.
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Police in Tijuana suspend patrols
Jan 5 2007 9:44PM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Police in Tijuana suspended their patrols in the violent border city Friday after soldiers sent by President Felipe Calderon to crack down on drug gangs and corruption seized most of their guns.
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OAS warn Venezuela concerning TV station
Jan 5 2007 9:04PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Organization of American States warned Friday that the possible closing of an opposition-aligned TV station by President Hugo Chavez's government could undermine press freedom and democracy in Venezuela.
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State legislator gunned down in Acapulco
Jan 5 2007 1:25AM (CT)
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - A Mexican state legislator was gunned down in the center of Acapulco on Thursday on his way to an interview at a radio and TV station, city officials said.
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