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Sheehan arrives in Cuba to protest Gitmo
Jan 6 2007 11:38PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - American "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan called for the closure of the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as she and other activists arrived here Saturday to draw attention to the nearly 400 terror suspects held at the remote site.
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Sheehan arrives in Cuba to protest Gitmo
Jan 6 2007 11:38PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - American "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan called for the closure of the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as she and other activists arrived here Saturday to draw attention to the nearly 400 terror suspects held at the remote site.
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20 inmates killed in El Salvador riots
Jan 6 2007 10:34PM (CT)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Riots erupted in a maximum-security prison in western El Salvador, leaving at least 20 inmates dead, officials said Saturday.
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7 dead in shootings across Puerto Rico
Jan 6 2007 7:53PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Seven people were killed in shootings across Puerto Rico on Saturday, prompting the U.S. territory's police chief to plead for tougher gun laws.
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Venezuela seeks retraction from OAS
Jan 6 2007 6:42PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The government demanded Saturday that the Organization of American States retract its criticism of Venezuela's decision not to renew the license of an opposition-aligned television station.
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Brazil's rain-related death toll hits 31
Jan 6 2007 5:13PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Firefighters recovered the body of a woman whose home was engulfed in a mudslide, and her husband died from injuries Saturday, as the death toll from days of heavy rains in southeast Brazil reached 31.
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Brazil's rain-related death toll hits 31
Jan 6 2007 5:13PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Firefighters recovered the body of a woman whose home was engulfed in a mudslide, and her husband died from injuries Saturday, as the death toll from days of heavy rains in southeast Brazil reached 31.
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U.S. sailor: All is well after rescue
Jan 6 2007 5:01PM (CT)
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) - An American sailor attempting a non-stop, round-the-world voyage headed toward land Saturday after three days adrift, saying "everything is going well" following his rescue by a fishing vessel a day earlier.
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U.S. sailor: All is well after rescue
Jan 6 2007 5:01PM (CT)
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) - An American sailor attempting a non-stop, round-the-world voyage headed toward land Saturday after three days adrift, saying "everything is going well" following his rescue by a fishing vessel a day earlier.
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U.S. sailor: All is well after rescue
Jan 6 2007 5:01PM (CT)
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) - An American sailor attempting a non-stop, round-the-world voyage headed toward land Saturday after three days adrift, saying "everything is going well" following his rescue by a fishing vessel a day earlier.
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Guatemalan files renew hope of justice
Jan 6 2007 11:06AM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - During the 10 years since the end of a civil war that took 200,000 Guatemalan lives, the survivors have faced a recurring frustration: A family comes forward asking for information about a vanished parent, child, husband or wife, only to be told there is no paper trail to help their search.
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Morales vows to push populist reforms
Jan 6 2007 6:14AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales is dismissing the importance of a deadlocked assembly struggling to rewrite Bolivia's constitution, saying that his administration will push forward with his populist reforms on its own.
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Soldiers take guns from Tijuana police
Jan 6 2007 4:16AM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Federal and state police manned checkpoints within city limits as local police suspended their patrols because soldiers sent to crack down on drug gangs and corruption seized most of their guns on suspicion they aided traffickers.
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Soldiers take guns from Tijuana police
Jan 6 2007 4:16AM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Federal and state police manned checkpoints within city limits as local police suspended their patrols because soldiers sent to crack down on drug gangs and corruption seized most of their guns on suspicion they aided traffickers.
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