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Salvadorans protest trade deal with U.S.
Feb 28 2006 10:46PM (CT)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Thousands of street vendors, university students and labor unionists marched in San Salvador Tuesday against a regional free trade accord with the United States, which they say will hurt small businesses and organized labor.
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Mexican miners strike over safety issues
Feb 28 2006 10:00PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Demanding greater safety, about 4,000 Mexican miners on Tuesday struck copper mines owned by the operator of the coal mine where 65 men died in an explosion last week.
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Mexico City officials try to close hotel
Feb 28 2006 7:15PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - City officials moved Tuesday to shut down a U.S.-owned hotel that angered many Mexicans when it kicked out a Cuban delegation under pressure from Washington.
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Lawyer seeks halt to Guantanamo methods
Feb 28 2006 4:54PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A lawyer defending a Guantanamo Bay prisoner said Tuesday he has asked a federal judge to immediately ban the use of restraint chairs and other aggressive methods to force-feed hunger strikers at the detention center, alleging they violate a new U.S. ban on torture.
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Mexican presidency linked to 'dirty war'
Feb 28 2006 4:07PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A leaked draft of a government report on Mexico's "dirty war" alleges that the country's presidency orchestrated an anti-insurgency campaign in which soldiers carried out summary executions, raped women, and set entire villages on fire.
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Haiti struggles through election aftermath
Feb 28 2006 2:16PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The top electoral official flees the country in fear. A presidential vote count is disputed by the winner's two main rivals. Now, a legislative runoff needed to form a new government could be postponed for weeks.
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U.S. downplays Aristide's possible return
Feb 28 2006 12:34AM (CT)
0 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's success depends on whether its people can unite behind a new government, a top U.S. diplomat said Monday, calling ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's possible return "one of the least important questions" facing the country.
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