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Bolivia's army chief fired over missiles
Jan 17 2006 11:15PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Outgoing President Eduardo Rodriguez fired Bolivia's army chief on Tuesday over his decision to have 28 Chinese shoulder-launched missiles destroyed in the United States.
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Aruba police search for missing teenager
Jan 17 2006 9:22PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Police searched sand dunes on the northwest coast of Aruba for Natalee Holloway, the American teen who vanished on this Dutch Caribbean island seven months ago, police said Tuesday.
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Costa Rica finds U.S. plane crash victims
Jan 17 2006 9:06PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - The bodies of a U.S. couple whose small plane had been missing for three days were found Tuesday near the Costa Rican volcano where they disappeared, along with the plane's wreckage.
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Preval says he's not guided by Aristide
Jan 17 2006 6:29PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's front-running presidential candidate said Tuesday that he has emerged from the shadow of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, his former mentor who fled Haiti amid a rebellion and accusations of corruption.
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Two U.N. peacekeepers killed in Haiti
Jan 17 2006 5:09PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Gunmen killed two Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers and seriously wounded a third Tuesday at a checkpoint in a slum in Haiti's capital that is a stronghold for supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a spokesman said.
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Bolivia's president-elect visits Argentina
Jan 17 2006 4:01PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - When he was a child, Evo Morales sold homemade sweets on street corners in Argentina to help support his migrant Indian family. On Tuesday, Morales returned to this country as the first Indian president-elect of Argentina's northern neighbor, Bolivia.
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Serial killer stumps Mexico City police
Jan 17 2006 2:41PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The killer is either a cross-dressing man or a robust woman who strangles elderly women with stockings or telephone cables.
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Bolivia's Morales making fashion statement
Jan 17 2006 5:01AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales has drawn curious looks _ and caused something of a stir _ not so much with his leftist policies, but with the alpaca sweater he wore to greet heads of state at almost every stop on his world tour.
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