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Judge mulls bin Laden's driver request
Feb 7 2008 11:56PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A U.S. military judge was considering a request Thursday from lawyers for Osama bin Laden's driver to interview the confessed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks _ a man they say could prove their client was no terrorist.
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FBI arrests man in 1983 militant robbery
Feb 7 2008 10:47PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Puerto Rican militant suspected in a 1983 Connecticut robbery _ among the country's largest cash heists at the time _ was arrested Thursday in the U.S. territory, where he lived quietly under an assumed name, the FBI said.
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FBI arrests man in 1983 militant robbery
Feb 7 2008 10:47PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Puerto Rican militant suspected in a 1983 Connecticut robbery _ among the country's largest cash heists at the time _ was arrested Thursday in the U.S. territory, where he lived quietly under an assumed name, the FBI said.
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FBI arrests man in 1983 militant robbery
Feb 7 2008 10:47PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Puerto Rican militant suspected in a 1983 Connecticut robbery _ among the country's largest cash heists at the time _ was arrested Thursday in the U.S. territory, where he lived quietly under an assumed name, the FBI said.
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Chile launches energy-saving plan
Feb 7 2008 1:27PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile announced Thursday it will try to head off power rationing by cutting electrical voltage, distributing efficient light bulbs and extending daylight savings time.
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Zapatistas lose supporters in Mexico
Feb 7 2008 1:08PM (CT)
POLHO, Mexico (AP) - Nearly 200 families have abandoned the Zapatista rebel movement in one of its strongholds, turning to the government for aid at a time when the insurgents are complaining about the loss of outside support.
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Santeria surging in Venezuela
Feb 7 2008 12:59PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The man says he is possessed by a god. He shouts, his body trembles and he lifts a sacrificed lamb to his lips, drinking its blood from the jugular.
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Beija Flor made Brazil carnival champion
Feb 7 2008 9:07AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years, wowing judges with gold-encrusted, winged dancers and green jungle display floats.
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Beija Flor made Brazil carnival champion
Feb 7 2008 9:07AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years, wowing judges with gold-encrusted, winged dancers and green jungle display floats.
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Beija Flor made Brazil carnival champion
Feb 7 2008 9:07AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years, wowing judges with gold-encrusted, winged dancers and green jungle display floats.
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Beija Flor made Brazil carnival champion
Feb 7 2008 9:07AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years, wowing judges with gold-encrusted, winged dancers and green jungle display floats.
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Beija Flor made Brazil carnival champion
Feb 7 2008 9:07AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years, wowing judges with gold-encrusted, winged dancers and green jungle display floats.
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Lawyers: Gitmo detainee breaking down
Feb 7 2008 7:50AM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Confined alone in his Guantanamo cell nearly around the clock, a Yemeni prisoner and former driver for Osama bin Laden has begun to break down mentally and cannot focus on preparing for his upcoming war-crimes trial, his attorneys say.
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US admiral confirms secret camp at Gitmo
Feb 7 2008 7:50AM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded _ a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret.
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