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Soldiers to protect flood gates in Guyana
Jan 21 2006 11:14PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyana's government deployed soldiers to protect flood control gates and reservoirs Saturday after saboteurs set fire to drainage systems in coastal areas threatened by recent flooding, an official said.
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Video shows kidnapped Colombians' pleas
Jan 21 2006 9:55PM (CT)
CALI, Colombia (AP) - A video released by Colombian guerrillas aired Saturday showing 12 kidnapped lawmakers pleading with their government to work with Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez to help obtain their release.
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Walesa to Cuba dissidents: Be prepared
Jan 21 2006 8:53PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Former Polish President Lech Walesa advised Cuban dissidents to be ready for an inevitable democratic transition, telling them Saturday that activists in his country had been unprepared for the collapse of East European communism.
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Bolivia's Morales urges unity, strength
Jan 21 2006 8:48PM (CT)
TIWANAKU, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales, dressed in a bright red tunic worn only by the most important pre-Inca priests, promised to do away with vestiges of his country's colonial past Saturday in a spiritual ceremony at an ancient temple on the eve of his inauguration.
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Morales to seek blessing from Andean gods
Jan 21 2006 1:57AM (CT)
TIAWANACU, Bolivia (AP) - In the ancient temple of a lost civilization far from the capital, Evo Morales will ask Andean gods for help and guidance Saturday on the eve of his inauguration as Bolivia's first Indian president.
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