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Venezuela's Chavez takes aim at Reid
Jan 19 2007 11:33PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a fierce critic of President Bush, focused Friday on a new American target: newly named U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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Honduras cancels oil storage takeover
Jan 19 2007 10:53PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - The Honduran government announced on Friday that it had reversed its decision to temporarily take over the private oil storage terminals of two U.S. oil companies.
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Pace says Colombia model for Afghanistan
Jan 19 2007 10:46PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The United States' top military official said Friday that American-backed anti-drug and counterinsurgent operations in Colombia _ the world's largest producer of cocaine _ could serve as a template for Afghan efforts to fight drug production.
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Mexican troops target drug trade
Jan 19 2007 9:30PM (CT)
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - President Felipe Calderon announced Friday that 7,600 soldiers have massed in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero to go after drug gangs that have committed beheadings and other violence in the resort city of Acapulco in recent months.
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Chavez says Castro battling for life
Jan 19 2007 7:51PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Fidel Castro is "battling for his life" and that he spoke with the ailing Cuban leader for nearly half an hour several days ago.
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Cuba's post-Castro life already begun
Jan 19 2007 6:02PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro's enemies in exile have long predicted that the end of his reign in Cuba would bring dancing in the streets, a mass exodus and a rapid transition to a U.S.-style democracy and market economy.
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Chavez accuses telecom of spying on him
Jan 19 2007 10:56AM (CT)
RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday accused his nation's main telecommunications company of spying on him and suggested it was at the bidding of the United States. Chavez, addressing 10 South American leaders at a summit of the Mercosur trade bloc, gave no additional details. The accusation came less than two weeks after Chavez announced he would nationalize CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, known as CANTV.
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Chavez gets OK to approve laws by decree
Jan 19 2007 4:17AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months so that he can impose sweeping economic, social and political change.
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