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Ecuador's interior minister steps down
Mar 15 2006 10:55PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's interior minister resigned Wednesday as protests over a U.S. free trade plan spread from the Andean highlands to the oil-producing southeast jungle, where police clashed with demonstrators.
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Gitmo transcripts paint shadowy portraits
Mar 15 2006 10:11PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Named detainees: 186, citizens of two dozen countries including Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Accusations: Recruiting for the Taliban, helping Osama bin Laden escape U.S. troops, harboring gunmen who attacked American special forces.
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Fugitive Lebanese banker cuts her wrist
Mar 15 2006 7:30PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A fugitive Lebanese banker jailed in Brazil cut her left wrist Wednesday, but police said she was drawing attention to her plight and not trying to commit suicide.
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Dominican Rep. seeks $80M for U.S. dumping
Mar 15 2006 5:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Dominican Republic is looking to Washington for help recovering at least $80 million in damages from a U.S. utility it accuses of dumping thousands of tons of coal ash on the country's beaches, sickening residents and harming the tourism industry.
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