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Ecuador tribunal votes to ax congressmen
Mar 7 2007 11:50PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The country's highest electoral court voted Wednesday to dismiss 57 congressmen for allegedly interfering with a referendum on whether to rewrite the constitution, in an escalating fight over Ecuador's charter.
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Cuban activists briefed on human rights
Mar 7 2007 11:11PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - U.S. authorities presented independent Cuban activists and independent journalists with the State Department's annual human rights report Wednesday, saying the situation has not changed since Fidel Castro stepped aside seven months ago.
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Venezuela arrests retired general
Mar 7 2007 7:58PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan authorities have arrested a retired National Guard general on accusations that he plotted to overthrow President Hugo Chavez, the suspect's attorney said Wednesday.
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Brazilians protest upcoming Bush visit
Mar 7 2007 5:34PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Landless farmers invaded a mine, a bank and other corporate property in Brazil on Wednesday to protest the impact of big companies on the poor and President Bush's visit to Latin America's largest nation.
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Shooting of cop in Mexico spurs outrage
Mar 7 2007 4:49PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Felipe Calderon pledged "a hard and difficult battle" against gangs Wednesday, a day after gunmen wounded the top security official in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco and killed his driver.
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Union organizing can be deadly in Colombia
Mar 7 2007 7:57AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - More than 800 trade unionists have been killed in Colombia over the past six years, by government count, yet the number of those murders solved can be counted on one hand.
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