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Brazil finds 3 more bodies at crater
Jan 18 2007 11:30PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Rescue crews recovered three bodies from a minibus entombed under tons of earth and rubble Thursday, bringing to six the number of dead retrieved from a subway station construction site that collapsed last week.
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Cuban writers back protest Vs. censor
Jan 18 2007 11:11PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The Cuban government's arts union Thursday backed protests against the recent reappearance of a former top censor blamed for Stalinist-type purges on artistic expression in the 1970s.
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South American leaders focus on poor
Jan 18 2007 11:03PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - South American leaders sought to refocus their fractured trade bloc Thursday on the needs of the region's poor as Venezuela's outspoken president called for remaking Mercosur to fit his vision of "21st century socialism."
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Moderate earthquake strikes El Salvador
Jan 18 2007 10:59PM (CT)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - An earthquake shook parts of El Salvador on Thursday night, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries, authorities said.
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Argentines protest threats Vs. witnesses
Jan 18 2007 9:58PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentines refusing to be cowed by death threats against witnesses, judges and lawyers in "dirty war" trials marched in the capital Thursday, marking four months since the disappearance of a man who testified against his torturers.
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Nestle dairy plant in Colombia destroyed
Jan 18 2007 8:46PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A pickup truck carrying 660 pounds of explosives destroyed a dairy plant owned by Swiss food giant Nestle SA in southern Colombia, an attack police attributed Thursday to leftist rebels.
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Chavez may enact laws by decree
Jan 18 2007 7:16PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's National Assembly gave initial approval Thursday to a measure that would let President Hugo Chavez enact laws by decree for 1 1/2 years, a key step in what the leftist calls an accelerating march toward socialism.
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Colombian police find $19M under house
Jan 18 2007 6:42PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian police Tuesday found about $19 million belonging to a drug trafficking group buried under a house in the southwestern city of Cali, the second such discovery in less than a week.
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Mexico signs deal to hem tortilla costs
Jan 18 2007 3:11PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Felipe Calderon signed an accord with businesses on Thursday to curb soaring tortilla prices and protect Mexico's poor from speculative sellers and a surge in the cost of corn driven by the U.S. ethanol industry. The corn tortilla is the basic staple of the Mexican diet and is especially crucial for the poor. The accord limits tortilla prices to 8.50 pesos ($0.78) per kilogram and threatens to use existing laws to achieve prison sentences of up to 10 years for compan
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U.S. sizes up Gitmo in case Cubans flee
Jan 18 2007 2:36PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - If Cubans flee in droves when Fidel Castro dies, those intercepted at sea will likely wind up at this base where nearly 400 men captured in the war on terror are held, creating "an incredible challenge" for U.S. forces, the base commander said.
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Chile: Loosen necktie, conserve energy
Jan 18 2007 1:41PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile's energy warriors went for the throat on Thursday, urging men to shun neckties so that offices could ease up on air conditioning.
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Mexico catches alleged drug cartel chief
Jan 18 2007 2:57AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Authorities on Wednesday announced the capture of a purported drug cartel leader, the first major drug arrest under the administration of President Felipe Calderon, who has pledged a nationwide war against the drug trade.
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Ex-Guatemalan dictator to run for Congress
Jan 18 2007 1:29AM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt said Wednesday that he plans to run for Congress in September, which could make it harder to prosecute him on charges of violating human rights during the country's 36-year civil war.
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Castro reportedly did not want colostomy
Jan 18 2007 12:30AM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Fidel Castro himself told surgeons not to perform a colostomy, opting instead for a course of surgery that produced a complication leaving the Cuban leader in far worse condition, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.
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