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Colombia's army finds missing soldier
Feb 8 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - An army captain, who was presumed dead after he disappeared more than three years ago, was found alive chained to a tree after skirmishes with leftist rebels Thursday, the military said.
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Cuba sends key drug suspect to Colombia
Feb 8 2007 11:15PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Cuba deported reputed drug kingpin Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante to Colombia, which plans to extradite him to the United States to face trafficking and money laundering charges, officials said Thursday.
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Acting president Raul Castro makes visit
Feb 8 2007 10:01PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Acting President Raul Castro made a surprise appearance Thursday at the opening of Havana's annual international book fair _ an event his ailing brother Fidel had often attended in past years.
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Brazilian boy killed in car theft
Feb 8 2007 9:53PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A 6-year-old boy was dragged to death when two men stole his mother's car and he got stuck in the seat belt trying to escape, police said Thursday.
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Venezuela to nationalize power company
Feb 8 2007 9:49PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez's government clinched the nationalization of Venezuela's largest private electric company Thursday, signing an agreement to buy a controlling stake in Electricidad de Caracas from its U.S.-based owner, AES Corp., for $739 million.
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Venezuelan envoy says Castro improving
Feb 8 2007 7:05PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro's health has improved following a post-intestinal surgery period in which the aging revolutionary icon temporarily stopped eating, Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba said Thursday.
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Meat, sugar scarce in Venezuela stores
Feb 8 2007 4:13PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Meat cuts vanished from Venezuelan supermarkets this week, leaving only unsavory bits like chicken feet, while costly artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar, and many staples sell far above government-fixed prices.
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Cuba warns satellite TV pirates
Feb 8 2007 2:40PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The U.S. government strives mightily to stamp out intellectual property theft all over the world _ except for Cuba, where it tries to broadcast anti-communist messages to anyone able to see U.S. programming through illegal satellite dishes.
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Lawyers for 3 Gitmo detainees slam rules
Feb 8 2007 2:00PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Tight deadlines, rules allowing hearsay evidence and limited access to Guantanamo Bay will hamper efforts to defend three detainees facing military trials at the Navy base in southeast Cuba, their attorneys say.
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Gonzales tours Argentine Jewish center
Feb 8 2007 2:12AM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday toured a Jewish cultural center bombed in 1994 and said the United States supports Argentina's efforts to seek justice for its worst terrorist attack.
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