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Gitmo detainees allowed phone calls
Mar 11 2008 10:43PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The U.S. military said Tuesday that it will allow detainees to make regular phone calls to their families from Guantanamo Bay prison, where many have been confined in extreme isolation for as long as six years.
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Orphan wants adoptive parents jailed
Mar 11 2008 8:42PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A 30-year-old woman on Tuesday urged a federal court to convict and sentence her adoptive parents to 25 years in prison, the maximum allowed on charges they hid her true identity as a child of dissidents who disappeared under Argentina's dictatorship.
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Colombian leader's raid gamble pays off
Mar 11 2008 4:14PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A cross-border raid into Ecuador to kill a senior Colombian guerrilla was a calculated risk that paid off for President Alvaro Uribe.
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Chile revamps famed pension system
Mar 11 2008 1:14PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Some 600,000 poor Chileans will receive monthly pensions starting in July under a law signed Tuesday by President Michelle Bachelet that plugs gaps in Chile's widely copied private pension system.
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Chile revamps famed pension system
Mar 11 2008 1:14PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Some 600,000 poor Chileans will receive monthly pensions starting in July under a law signed Tuesday by President Michelle Bachelet that plugs gaps in Chile's widely copied private pension system.
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Chile revamps famed pension system
Mar 11 2008 1:14PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Some 600,000 poor Chileans will receive monthly pensions starting in July under a law signed Tuesday by President Michelle Bachelet that plugs gaps in Chile's widely copied private pension system.
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Chile revamps famed pension system
Mar 11 2008 1:14PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Some 600,000 poor Chileans will receive monthly pensions starting in July under a law signed Tuesday by President Michelle Bachelet that plugs gaps in Chile's widely copied private pension system.
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Andean war talk gives way to pragmatism
Mar 11 2008 1:26AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Talk of war in the Andes has faded almost as quickly as it flared _ showing that for all their bluster, none of the three leaders involved could afford a protracted confrontation.
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9 Mexican school children die in crash
Mar 11 2008 12:56AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A sports utility vehicle fell into a canal in central Mexico, killing nine small children but leaving their teacher unharmed, a city official said.
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9 Mexican school children die in crash
Mar 11 2008 12:56AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A sports utility vehicle fell into a canal in central Mexico, killing nine small children but leaving their teacher unharmed, a city official said.
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Guatemala starts landmark trial
Mar 11 2008 12:52AM (CT)
CHIMALTENANGO, Guatemala (AP) - Guatemala's first trial on "forced disappearance" charges began Monday in connection with six civilians who went missing during the nation's 36-year civil war.
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Guatemala starts landmark trial
Mar 11 2008 12:52AM (CT)
CHIMALTENANGO, Guatemala (AP) - Guatemala's first trial on "forced disappearance" charges began Monday in connection with six civilians who went missing during the nation's 36-year civil war.
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