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American: Haiti leader must 'perform'
Feb 18 2006 9:00PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Opponents of Haiti's president-elect could use the country's disputed election result to try and weaken his government "if he doesn't perform," the top American diplomat in Haiti said Saturday.
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Churches debate pro-Palestinian divestment
Feb 18 2006 1:53PM (CT)
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) - A wide-ranging, global gathering of Christian leaders has become a forum for a question that one delegate calls a religious minefield: Should churches use their investment portfolios to protest Israeli policies toward Palestinians?
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U.S. church alliance denounces Iraq war
Feb 18 2006 1:05PM (CT)
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) - A coalition of American churches sharply denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Saturday, accusing Washington of "raining down terror" and apologizing to other nations for "the violence, degradation and poverty our nation has sown."
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Couple charged with trafficking babies
Feb 18 2006 12:47AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A German man and his Peruvian wife have been charged with trafficking Peruvian babies to adoptive parents in Europe through an Internet site, police said Friday.
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