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7 killed in AG office raids in Acapulco
Feb 6 2007 11:38PM (CT)
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - More than a dozen armed assailants staged and videotaped simultaneous attacks against two offices of the state attorney general in Acapulco on Tuesday, killing at least seven people in this Pacific resort plagued by drug violence.
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FBI agents go to Haiti in kidnapping
Feb 6 2007 10:31PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Two FBI hostage negotiators were sent to Haiti on Tuesday to help secure the release of a kidnapped American missionary, officials said.
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3 Americans killed in Honduras crash
Feb 6 2007 9:36PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Three Americans on a charity mission to Honduras were killed Tuesday and 17 other people were injured in a traffic accident in the Central American country, authorities said.
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Bolivian miners protest tax increase
Feb 6 2007 4:44PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - More than 20,000 miners from across Bolivia marched into the capital Tuesday, tossing sticks of dynamite that sent booming explosions echoing through the streets in a protest of President Evo Morales' plans for a steep hike in mining taxes.
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Troubled U.S. presence on Ecuador coast
Feb 6 2007 3:45AM (CT)
MANTA, Ecuador (AP) - The U.S. military's lone outpost in South America is a modest affair _ some 220 Americans share space with a local air force wing and an international airport. They are allowed no more than eight planes at a time.
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Land project threatens Indian settlement
Feb 6 2007 1:28AM (CT)
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - A land-clearing project in southern Antigua is threatening a unique ancient settlement where Arawak Indians lived from roughly 500 B.C. until the arrival of Christopher Columbus, an archaeologist said Monday.
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