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Prosecutors wrap up Berlusconi probe
Feb 17 2006 11:07PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Italian magistrates have finished an investigation into whether Premier Silvio Berlusconi bribed a lawyer to give false testimony and plan to seek his indictment on corruption charges, a prosecutor said Friday.
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U.S. cruise ship off rescues 22 Cubans
Feb 17 2006 11:04PM (CT)
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - A cruise ship sailing near this Caribbean resort city on Friday rescued 22 Cubans who became lost in international waters while attempting to reach the United States.
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Chavez warns U.S. on oil exports
Feb 17 2006 10:29PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned on Friday he could cut off oil exports to the United States if Washington goes "over the line" in what he has said are attempts to destabilize his left-leaning government.
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Exiled Haitian leader remains mum on vote
Feb 17 2006 7:07PM (CT)
0 PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the exiled Haitian leader who still claims to be the country's real president, has remained silent about the electoral victory of a one-time protege.
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Haiti's Preval keeps low profile after win
Feb 17 2006 6:11PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's president-elect met privately on Friday with political leaders _ including at least one opponent _ to try and smooth the tensions that followed his turbulent election victory.
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Puerto Rico moves closer to smoking ban
Feb 17 2006 4:50PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Aida Sanchez squints through the smoke billowing her way from the fat cigars and cigarettes of fellow gamblers.
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Mexican border town remains troublesome
Feb 17 2006 4:02PM (CT)
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) - The weary residents of this border city at the center of an escalating drug war hoped hundreds of federal agents would end the violence that last year killed 181 people.
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U.N. gives nod to new Haiti government
Feb 17 2006 12:02PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council said Friday it looks forward to working with Haiti's new government and called on all Haitians to redouble their efforts to promote political dialogue and national reconciliation.
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Peruvian candidate Humala accused of abuse
Feb 17 2006 12:40AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Human rights activists have formally accused a leading contender in Peru's presidential race of atrocities during his 1992 command of a jungle counterinsurgency base.
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