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Panamanian boat detained in Galapagos
Feb 29 2008 10:22PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuadorean authorities have detained a Panamanian boat and its 21 crew members on suspicion of fishing illegally in the Galapagos Islands, officials said Friday.
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Fidel Castro says Raul fully in charge
Feb 29 2008 9:37PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro said Friday he helped choose candidates for Cuba's new government, but he asserted that his brother Raul is fully in charge as the new president. In his first comments since his brother assumed the presidency last weekend, the elder Castro appeared to be trying to quash speculation that he would continue directing his brother _ and the nation's affairs _ from his sickbed.
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Brazil's Church lobbies on stem cells
Feb 29 2008 8:24PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian church officials urged the Supreme Court on Friday to reject embryonic stem cell research in the world's largest Roman Catholic country, a week before the justices rule on banning such research.
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Police kill 6 in Brazil shootout
Feb 29 2008 8:24PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Police killed six alleged drug gang members in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, while a bodyguard for the state security chief was shot dead what appeared to be an attempted robbery.
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Bush's younger brother visits Paraguay
Feb 29 2008 2:35PM (CT)
ASUNCION, Parguay (AP) - Neil Bush, younger brother of U.S. President George W. Bush, called on Paraguay's president as the guest of a business federation founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
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Peru boat capsizes, killing 15
Feb 29 2008 2:32PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A boat ferrying passengers and cargo through the Peruvian jungle capsized on a remote river, killing 15 people and leaving 20 missing, officials said Friday.
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Bolivia sets vote on new constitution
Feb 29 2008 12:01AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A bitterly divided Bolivian Congress on Thursday approved a national vote on President Evo Morales' proposed constitution, which would grant greater political power to Bolivia's long-oppressed indigenous groups.
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Bolivia sets vote on new constitution
Feb 29 2008 12:01AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A bitterly divided Bolivian Congress on Thursday approved a national vote on President Evo Morales' proposed constitution, which would grant greater political power to Bolivia's long-oppressed indigenous groups.
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