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Iran, Venezuela to begin direct flights
Feb 9 2007 11:55PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Iran's national airline will begin direct flights to Venezuela next month in another sign of the two nations' increasingly close ties.
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Castro's brother says leader recovering
Feb 9 2007 11:22PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro's older brother Ramon said Friday the ailing Cuban leader is recovering well from surgery six months ago, joining his other brother Raul in a growing number of upbeat assessments.
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U.S. offers diplomacy in Latin America
Feb 9 2007 9:39PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A top U.S. official said Washington was willing to work with most of Latin America's leftist governments but criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's moves to nationalize industries as a return to the "failed policies of the past."
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White tiger cubs star at Argentine zoo
Feb 9 2007 7:42PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The Buenos Aires Zoo has been swamped with thousands of suggested names for three rare white tiger cubs that made their public debut this week.
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U.N. peacekeepers raid Haiti slum
Feb 9 2007 6:46PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers raided Haiti's largest and most violent slum Friday, seizing a portion of it in a six-hour gunbattle that left a gang member dead and two soldiers wounded, officials said.
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Cuba sends key drug suspect to Colombia
Feb 9 2007 4:17AM (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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Colombia: Gay couples may share assets
Feb 9 2007 12:04AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's top court ruled that gay couples in long-term relationships should have the same rights to shared assets as heterosexual couples.
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