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Two missionaries, two Haitians kidnapped
Jan 26 2006 11:51PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Two French missionaries and two Haitians were kidnapped near a volatile slum in Haiti's capital, a U.N. official said Thursday.
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Mexico halts border maps hand-out
Jan 26 2006 11:50PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico will suspend its plan to distribute maps to migrants wanting to cross the U.S. border illegally, but an official said Thursday the decision was not made because of American pressure.
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Colombia busts ring linked to al-Qaida
Jan 26 2006 11:27PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia has dismantled a false passport ring with links to al-Qaida and Hamas militants, the acting attorney general said Thursday after authorities led dozens of simultaneous raids across five cities.
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Ex-Peru lawmaker leads presidential poll
Jan 26 2006 11:21PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A conservative former congresswoman holds a clear lead over a left-leaning former army officer ahead of April's presidential election, according to a poll released Thursday.
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Venezuela levies spy accusations
Jan 26 2006 10:53PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - New details of accusations that a group of Venezuelan naval officers were passing secrets to the United States increased tension Thursday in an already rocky relationship between Washington and President Hugo Chavez's government.
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Mexico suggests GIs aided pot smugglers
Jan 26 2006 7:36PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's top diplomat suggested Thursday that American soldiers disguised as Mexican troops may have been in the military-style Humvee filmed earlier this week protecting a marijuana shipment on the border.
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Forum spotlights problems of poor women
Jan 26 2006 6:31PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Activists at the World Social Forum turned their attention Thursday to obstacles faced by poor women in Latin America, whom they called the primary, and often unheard, victims of globalization.
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Police nab two in serial killings
Jan 26 2006 2:33PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican police had two accused serial killers in custody Thursday _ a female ex-wrestler suspected in the deaths of at least 10 elderly women, and a former soldier accused of torturing and killing at least four gay men.
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