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12 dead in Ecuador floods
Feb 21 2008 11:37PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Twelve people have died and thousands have been displaced as severe rains and floods batter this small Andean nation, officials said Thursday.
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Plane carrying 46 missing in Venezuela
Feb 21 2008 11:06PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A commercial airliner with 46 people on board was reported missing Thursday over western Venezuela, officials said. Rescuers rushed to a mountainous region of Merida state as authorities struggled to confirm reports that the aircraft had been located.
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Plane carrying 46 missing in Venezuela
Feb 21 2008 11:06PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A commercial airliner with 46 people on board was reported missing Thursday over western Venezuela, officials said. Rescuers rushed to a mountainous region of Merida state as authorities struggled to confirm reports that the aircraft had been located.
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Ex-prosecutor at Gitmo to aid defense
Feb 21 2008 10:37PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - In a stunning turnaround, the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday he would be a defense witness for the driver of Osama bin Laden.
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Marijuana big earner for Mexico gangs
Feb 21 2008 8:55PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Marijuana is now the biggest source of income for Mexico's drug cartels and the U.S. is committed to cracking down harder on traffickers, U.S. drug czar John Walters said Thursday.
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Colombia knows location of hostages
Feb 21 2008 7:43PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian military intelligence knows where leftist rebels are holding four hostages that they have promised to release, the government said Thursday.
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Next-gen Cuban leaders to emerge Sunday
Feb 21 2008 3:09PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A technocrat whose reforms are credited with saving Cuba's economy after the Soviet collapse. A former Fidel Castro aide who persuaded the U.N. to condemn Washington's embargo. The Communist Party's international relations man.
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Next-gen Cuban leaders to emerge Sunday
Feb 21 2008 3:09PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A technocrat whose reforms are credited with saving Cuba's economy after the Soviet collapse. A former Fidel Castro aide who persuaded the U.N. to condemn Washington's embargo. The Communist Party's international relations man.
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Next-gen Cuban leaders to emerge Sunday
Feb 21 2008 3:09PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A technocrat whose reforms are credited with saving Cuba's economy after the Soviet collapse. A former Fidel Castro aide who persuaded the U.N. to condemn Washington's embargo. The Communist Party's international relations man.
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Next-gen Cuban leaders to emerge Sunday
Feb 21 2008 3:09PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A technocrat whose reforms are credited with saving Cuba's economy after the Soviet collapse. A former Fidel Castro aide who persuaded the U.N. to condemn Washington's embargo. The Communist Party's international relations man.
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10 dead, 9 missing in Brazil shipwreck
Feb 21 2008 3:07PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A ferryboat carrying more than 100 passengers collided with a barge loaded with fuel tanks and sank to the bottom of the Amazon River on Thursday, officials said. At least 10 people died, and another nine were missing and feared dead.
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Colombia guerrillas to free politicians
Feb 21 2008 1:09AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Colombia's largest guerrilla group is expected to release at least three captive Colombian politicians in the coming days or weeks, France's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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