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Preval reportedly leads Haitian vote
Feb 8 2006 9:10PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A spokesman for former Haitian President Rene Preval said Wednesday that unconfirmed early results showed him with a wide lead in the country's presidential race _ even though many ballots were still being carried in from remote polling places by plane, truck and mule.
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Chavez calls Blair 'pawn of imperialism'
Feb 8 2006 9:03PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday called British Prime Minister Tony Blair "a pawn of imperialism," accusing him of siding with President Bush in a confrontation with Venezuela.
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Gitmo hunger strike drops to lowest point
Feb 8 2006 8:33PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Four detainees remain on hunger strike at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, the fewest since the protest began last summer, the military said Wednesday.
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Mexican AG probing journalist attacks
Feb 8 2006 2:30PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican attorney general's office will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate attacks against journalists, an official from the agency said Wednesday, two days after assailants opened fire on a Mexican border newspaper, seriously wounding a reporter.
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Mexico complains about American hotel
Feb 8 2006 8:42AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico issued a complaint on Tuesday against an American-owned hotel that _ under pressure from the U.S. government _ expelled a group of Cuban businessmen meeting with U.S. energy executives, saying the company violated investment and trade protection laws.
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