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Kids trace Castro's entrance to Havana
Jan 8 2007 11:31PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Children wearing olive-green uniforms, wigs and bushy fake beards on Monday simulated Cuban leader Fidel Castro's entrance into Havana after the triumph of his revolution 48 years ago.
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Death squad suspect held in Argentina
Jan 8 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A judge investigating the killings of dissidents in the turbulent run-up to Argentina's last dictatorship detained a retired police chief Monday on suspicion he led a 1970s-era death squad.
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Chavez: Will nationalize telecoms, power
Jan 8 2007 9:08PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez announced plans Monday to nationalize Venezuela's electrical and telecommunications companies, pledging to create a socialist state in a bold move with echoes of Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba.
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More Gitmo detainees join hunger strike
Jan 8 2007 6:28PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The number of Guantanamo Bay detainees participating in a hunger strike has more than doubled in recent weeks to 11, including five who are being force-fed, the U.S. military said Monday.
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Montserrat volcano shoots ash 5 miles up
Jan 8 2007 5:51PM (CT)
OLVESTON, Montserrat (AP) - The volcano that destroyed Montserrat's capital in 1997 shot a cloud of ash more than five miles into the sky on Monday, and one of the island's chief scientists said the blast was "a warning call."
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