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Venezuela to expand fuel discounts to U.S.
Jan 6 2006 11:40PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela said Friday it will expand a program to provide discounted home heating oil to low-income Americans, bringing savings to some Indian tribes in Maine.
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Female Mexican Zapatista leader dies at 47
Jan 6 2006 10:58PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Comandante Ramona, a leader of Mexico's Zapatista rebel movement and an advocate for women's rights, died on Friday after a decade-long struggle with a kidney disease, rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos said.
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Supporters register Fujimori for race
Jan 6 2006 10:38PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Jailed former President Alberto Fujimori's supporters registered his candidacy Friday for April's elections, ignoring a congressional ban on his holding public office and his fight against extradition from Chile.
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Colombian soldiers arrested in arms trade
Jan 6 2006 9:42PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Two Colombian soldiers have been arrested for giving weapons to leftist rebels _ their main battlefield enemy _ in exchange for cocaine, the Attorney General's Office said Friday.
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Shootout kills 13 inmates in Honduras
Jan 6 2006 8:02PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A drug-trafficking turf war inside Honduras' top federal prison led to the grisly clash that left at least 13 inmates dead, authorities said Friday.
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U.N., OAS urge vote in Haiti by Feb. 7
Jan 6 2006 7:35PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council and the Organization of American States urged Haiti's transitional government to hold elections no later than Feb. 7, calling the long-delayed vote a key step to restoring democracy in the troubled nation.
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