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Colombia rejects more hostage missions
Jan 7 2008 9:26PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The government will not permit future international missions to win the release of rebel-held hostages after an effort led by Venezuela last month failed to retrieve three captives, Colombia's foreign minister said Monday.
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3 killed in Mexican border town shootout
Jan 7 2008 9:26PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A shootout between Mexican authorities and suspected criminals just across the border from Texas left three people dead and eight injured on Monday, officials said.
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Venezuela vows to fight high inflation
Jan 7 2008 7:04PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez will make curbing double-digit inflation a top priority this year as he aims to slow the highest consumer price increases in Latin America, Venezuela's new finance minister said on Monday.
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Venezuela searches for lost plane
Jan 7 2008 7:04PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Search teams in helicopters and boats scoured the Caribbean Sea on Monday for a plane that crashed off Venezuela's coast last week, but no signs were seen of the wreckage or 14 people on board, including eight Italians.
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Chavez to slow socialism drive
Jan 7 2008 3:22AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez is putting the brakes on his drive for revolutionary change in Venezuela, shifting away from radical socialist reforms in favor of a pragmatic focus on everyday problems from soaring crime to trash-strewn streets.
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