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Colombian president delays campaign launch
Jan 25 2006 11:00PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe has postponed the launch of his re-election bid, campaign organizers said Wednesday, after a particularly difficult week for the popular leader and key U.S. ally.
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Castro visits construction site at night
Jan 25 2006 10:59PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro visited a mysterious new construction site outside the U.S. Interests Section on Wednesday night, but kept mum over what was being built in front of the mission _ a growing flashpoint for U.S.-Cuba relations.
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Former Mexican president hospitalized
Jan 25 2006 10:14PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria has been hospitalized because of dehydration, possibly caused by an infection, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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Mexico City police detain murder suspect
Jan 25 2006 9:02PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Police say a suspect arrested while fleeing from a home where an elderly woman was slain Wednesday matches the profile of a believed serial murderer known as "the Old Lady Killer" _ except the suspect is a woman, not a transvestite as authorities previously believed.
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Activists seek end to poverty, Iraq war
Jan 25 2006 7:49PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Activists at the World Social Forum on Wednesday called for decisive actions against poverty, an immediate end to the war in Iraq and a radical shift away from free trade.
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Venezuelan military officers detained
Jan 25 2006 6:53PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Vice president Jose Vicente Rangel said Wednesday that some Venezuelan military officers have been detained after they allegedly passed information to U.S. officials.
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Pinochet's daughter seeks asylum in U.S.
Jan 25 2006 6:12PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has requested political asylum in the United States, the government said Wednesday.
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Mexico says drug smugglers in border tiff
Jan 25 2006 4:40PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The men dressed in military garb who crossed the border and confronted Texas law officers this week were drug smugglers, not Mexican soldiers, officials said Wednesday, illustrating Mexico's thorny problem with criminals who masquerade as security forces.
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Amazon pipeline plan stirs debate
Jan 25 2006 2:57PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Environmentalists were caught off guard when South American leaders announced plans to build a massive natural gas pipeline through the Amazon rain forest.
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Chile Says Pinochet's Daughter Detained
Jan 25 2006 12:43PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The older daughter of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained Wednesday upon arrival in Washington after failing to obey a summons by a Chilean judge who indicted her on tax evasion charges, Chilean and U.S. officials said.
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