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Mexican police capture suspect in killings
Mar 7 2006 11:57PM (CT)
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - Authorities have captured a man accused of killing his former girlfriend's two young siblings and critically injuring her in an attack that shocked this northern city, police said Tuesday.
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Assailants kill 2 officers in Mexican city
Mar 7 2006 11:39PM (CT)
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) - Heavily armed assailants killed a state police chief and an officer and wounded two more officers Tuesday in a brazen midmorning ambush in this violent border city, authorities said.
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Arias Costa Rica's presidential winner
Mar 7 2006 10:50PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - A Nobel Peace Prize winner who favors a contentious free trade agreement with the U.S. was declared the country's president-elect on Tuesday _ more than a month after the vote that gave him a razor-thin victory over his closest rival.
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Mexico tightens security for Cuba migrants
Mar 7 2006 8:37PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government said Tuesday it was stepping up security at detention centers for illegal Cuban migrants after a group of detainees fought police officers and held a guard against his will _ the seventh uprising or mass escape by Cubans in a year.
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U.N. expert: Cuban dissidents suffering
Mar 7 2006 8:18PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. human rights expert said Tuesday the number of Cuban dissidents arrested and sentenced to long terms increased in 2005, claiming "extreme tension" with the United States had played a role in hampering freedom of expression on the island.
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Brazil troops search for stolen rifles
Mar 7 2006 7:00PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Army troops backed by tanks invaded a hillside slum, raising to nine the number of shantytowns across Rio de Janeiro occupied in recent days in a search for weapons stolen from an army barracks, police said Tuesday.
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Buenos Aires mayor ousted over club fire
Mar 7 2006 5:48PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Buenos Aires Mayor Anibal Ibarra was removed from office Tuesday over allegations that poor government safety regulation contributed to the death of 194 people in a December 2004 nightclub fire.
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Rape victims denied abortions in Mexico
Mar 7 2006 4:12PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - State officials across Mexico routinely deny rape victims legally allowed access to safe abortions, a human rights group reported Tuesday.
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