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Gov't: Ecuadorean Congress will remain
Feb 1 2007 11:59PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's new leftist government said Thursday that it does not plan to dissolve Congress despite a bitter fight over a push to overhaul the country's charter that led protesters to storm the capitol this week.
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U.S. removes Saddam photo from Gitmo
Feb 1 2007 10:52PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A news report about Saddam Hussein's execution was removed from a recreation area at the Guantanamo Bay detention center after a detainee's lawyer accused officials of using it to frighten prisoners, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday.
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Colombia's Uribe orders assets seized
Feb 1 2007 10:48PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe on Thursday ordered the seizure of assets belonging to demobilized paramilitary leaders after the killing of a woman who was leading a campaign to reclaim land stolen by the illegal militias.
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Chavez says Castro visibly improved
Feb 1 2007 9:26PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that Cuba's Fidel Castro has visibly improved, describing how the ailing Cuban leader has gained weight and is walking around and studying.
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Official says U.S. willing to help Cuba
Feb 1 2007 9:24PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said Thursday that Washington is willing to help Cuba make the transition to a more open, democratic society.
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Mexico enacts law on domestic violence
Feb 1 2007 7:43PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Felipe Calderon praised on Thursday a new law that obligates federal and local authorities to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women, and he promised a "relentless" fight against gender-related abuse.
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Venezuela's Chavez slams Bush on Iraq
Feb 1 2007 2:26PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez dismissed Washington's concerns that Venezuela's democracy is under threat, saying a "dictatorship" led by President Bush poses a true threat to democracy around the world.
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75,000 protest tortilla prices in Mexico
Feb 1 2007 6:32AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Some 75,000 unionists, farmers and leftists marched to protest price increases in basic foodstuffs like tortillas, a direct challenge to the new president's market-oriented economic policies blamed by some for widening the gulf between rich and poor.
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Police killings of suspects up in Brazil
Feb 1 2007 2:51AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Police killings of suspects rose dramatically in Sao Paulo in 2006, the year a notorious gang unleashed a wave of violence that some human rights activists say prompted revenge executions.
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Ecuador names woman as defense minister
Feb 1 2007 2:47AM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The Ecuadorean government named another woman to be defense minister, to take over after the first female to hold the office was killed in a helicopter accident.
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Chavez gains free rein in Venezuela
Feb 1 2007 2:24AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez was granted free rein Wednesday to accelerate changes in broad areas of society by presidential decree, a move critics said propels Venezuela toward dictatorship.
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Mexico won't deport 11 Iraqi Christians
Feb 1 2007 12:28AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The head of Mexico's Immigration Institute said Wednesday the government won't deport or repatriate 11 Iraqi Christians detained Jan. 20 in the northern city of Monterrey.
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