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Nobel laureate leading in Costa Rica
Feb 5 2006 10:57PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - A Nobel Peace Prize winner who supports a free-trade agreement with the United States held a narrow lead in early results in Costa Rica's presidential election on Sunday. He faced an unexpectedly strong rival who says the pact would hurt farmers.
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Haitians prepare to go to polls amid fears
Feb 5 2006 4:03PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Stray bullets whizzing through slums, kidnappings, suffocating poverty and a dying economy _ Haitians have no shortage of things they would like to change about their troubled country.
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Correction: Costa Rica elections story
Feb 5 2006 3:42PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - In a Feb. 3 preview of Costa Rica's presidential elections, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Jose Maria Figueres resigned in 2004 as chief executive officer of the World Economic Forum after confirming he received more than $900,000 from Alcatel, the French telecommunications company, while serving as president of Costa Rica.
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