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Quake strikes off El Salvador, Honduras
Mar 9 2007 11:26PM (CT)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - An earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador and Honduras on Friday, alarming some residents but causing no damages or injuries, officials said.
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Colombian rebel group frees 2 hostages
Mar 9 2007 10:59PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's largest rebel group has released two police officers taken hostage nine days earlier, the Red Cross said Friday.
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Chavez leads rally against Bush visit
Mar 9 2007 10:57PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez launched another verbal assault on President Bush Friday as he led some 20,000 supporters in an anti-American rally, calling the U.S. leader a "political cadaver" and blasting his policies as "imperialist."
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Mexican leader proposes justice reforms
Mar 9 2007 10:29PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Felipe Calderon on Friday proposed sweeping reforms to Mexico's justice system, including U.S.-style trials and a unified criminal code.
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Woman believed 128 dies in El Salvador
Mar 9 2007 10:13PM (CT)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Salvadorans buried the country's oldest known living person on Friday: Cruz Hernandez, who was 128 years old according to the government. Hernandez was born May 3, 1878, according to her government-issued identity card.
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Ecuador tribunal warns president
Mar 9 2007 9:46PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's political crisis deepened Friday as the Constitutional Tribunal warned President Rafael Correa that he would be acting illegally if he ignores its upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of a national referendum.
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Venezuelan president to visit Haiti
Mar 9 2007 8:57PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has offered assistance and oil benefits to much of the Caribbean, will meet with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss providing aid to the impoverished country, Preval's office said Friday.
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U.S. holds first hearings at Gitmo
Mar 9 2007 8:37PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. began a series of secret hearings Friday to determine whether 14 alleged terrorist leaders at its prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be declared "enemy combatants" who can be held indefinitely and prosecuted by military tribunals.
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Bush: U.S. isn't ignoring Latin America
Mar 9 2007 8:33PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Taunted by leftist President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, President Bush on Friday insisted the United States is not neglecting Latin America and celebrated an alternative-fuels pact with Brazil as proof.
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Colombian finances show signs of fatigue
Mar 9 2007 3:56PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - When President Bush arrives in Colombia on Sunday he's likely to praise the economic model of President Alvaro Uribe, his staunchest ally in a region increasingly dominated by anti-American leaders.
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Bush visit sets off protests in Brazil
Mar 9 2007 8:05AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - The beginning of President Bush's five-nation Latin American tour sparked protests across the region, with thousands of demonstrators and police clashing in Brazil and students in Colombia lobbing explosives at authorities.
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Chilean women make gains under Bachelet
Mar 9 2007 3:30AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - One year into her mandate, Chile's first woman president has legislated the right to breast-feed in the workplace, offered greater protection against domestic violence, cracked down on alimony-dodgers and placed more women in positions of power.
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