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Peru president's kin gets suspended sentence
Feb 22 2006 11:31PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A nephew of President Alejandro Toledo's has received a four-year suspended sentence on charges he drugged and raped a 22-year-old woman, a court spokesman said Wednesday.
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Ecuador oil workers escape pumping station
Feb 22 2006 11:29PM (CT)
BAEZA, Ecuador (AP) - Two dozen Ecuadorean pipeline workers held hostage by protesters escaped Wednesday as soldiers and police battled to end violent demonstrations that have interrupted the flow of crude through the country's two main pipelines, officials said.
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Arias wins Costa Rican presidential vote
Feb 22 2006 10:56PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Free trade proponent Oscar Arias won Costa Rica's presidential election by 18,167 votes, one of the country's closest races ever, according to results released Wednesday. Election judges were waiting until complaints were resolved before making an official declaration.
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Preval says Aristide can return to Haiti
Feb 22 2006 9:21PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's president-elect said Wednesday that the nation's constitution permits the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, but Rene Preval declined to say whether he would welcome home his exiled former mentor.
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Rescuers nearing trapped Mexican miners
Feb 22 2006 8:05PM (CT)
SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico (AP) - More than three days of backbreaking labor brought rescuers close to the site where two of 65 trapped coal miners are believed to be located, a federal official said Wednesday.
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Haiti electoral chief to be replaced
Feb 22 2006 4:20PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The Haitian electoral chief who fled the country after receiving threats will be replaced by a three-person commission to monitor ballot counting for legislative races in the Feb. 7 elections, an official said Tuesday.
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Haiti's Preval says Aristide can return
Feb 22 2006 12:09PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Haitian President-elect Rene Preval said Wednesday that the constitution permits the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was forced to flee into exile following a violent rebellion two years ago.
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