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Preval likely will win Haitian election
Feb 9 2006 11:12PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Rene Preval took a strong lead Thursday in Haiti's presidential election, with most of the first votes counted going to the former president who is seen as a champion of the poor.
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Venezuela's Chavez calls Bush 'madman'
Feb 9 2006 10:51PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unleashed more cricism toward President Bush Thursday and accused the United States and Britain of planning to invade Iran.
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U.S. missionaries leave Venezuela outposts
Feb 9 2006 10:05PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - U.S. missionaries accused by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of espionage have been forced from their remote outposts among jungle tribes by a government order, the final pair leaving Thursday after years of evangelical work.
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Mexico won't send diplomatic note to U.S.
Feb 9 2006 10:02PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's foreign secretary rejected a call by lawmakers Thursday to file a diplomatic protest with the United States, after it put pressue on a U.S.-owned hotel here to evict Cuban officials.
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Mexican newspapers seek better protection
Feb 9 2006 9:04PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - More than 40 Mexican newspapers published ads Thursday demanding that authorities do more to protect freedom of speech amid a wave of violence against journalists.
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Diver lost off Puerto Rico swims home
Feb 9 2006 8:08PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A lost diver who was the subject of a U.S. Coast Guard search managed to swim 10 miles through heavy seas to safety, authorities said Thursday.
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Gitmo prisoner says strikers force-fed
Feb 9 2006 2:09PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Kuwaiti prisoner at Guantanamo Bay said the U.S. military has taken aggressive new steps to end a hunger strike _ from force-feeding detainees in a restraining chair to confiscating their blankets, according to notes released Thursday by his lawyer.
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