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Peruvian president selling 'party plane'
Feb 16 2007 11:35PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - President Alan Garcia said Friday that he is selling the presidential airplane in an effort to curb "frivolous" expenses in his administration.
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Bolivia nationalizes lone tin smelter
Feb 16 2007 9:21PM (CT)
VINTO, Bolivia (AP) - The ritual sacrifice of a snow-white llama Friday symbolically marked President Evo Morales' nationalization of Bolivia's lone operating tin smelter.
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Loss of food handouts threatens Indians
Feb 16 2007 7:55PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A suspension of government food handouts worsened malnutrition among thousands of Indians in southwestern Brazil, and at least two young children died, a leading human rights group said Friday.
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Colombian won't resign despite scandal
Feb 16 2007 5:20PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's foreign minister rejected calls for her resignation Friday after her brother's arrest on charges of kidnapping a businessman and of working with far-right paramilitary gangs, even as the Supreme Court implicated her father in the scandal.
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Chertoff urges safer Mexican border
Feb 16 2007 5:10PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that immigration reform would let U.S. law enforcement focus on catching criminals instead of migrants seeking better economic prospects.
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Mexico OKs extradition of bounty hunter
Feb 16 2007 4:09PM (CT)
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) - A federal court has cleared the way for TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman to be extradited to face charges in Mexico, but the decision can still be appealed.
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At Brazil carnival, racial unity a mask
Feb 16 2007 2:09PM (CT)
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) - As the multiracial band atop a tractor-trailer launches into a frantic carnival tune, the crowd pulsing below is a kaleidoscope of skin tones, from the deepest black to the palest white and every shade in between.
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