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Two women lead Chile presidential polls
Mar 18 2005 11:07PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Instead of macho handshakes on the campaign trail, the leading candidates in Chile's presidential race are exchanging kisses on the cheek this election year.
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Venezuelan minister meets U.S. ambassador
Mar 18 2005 8:52PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to Venezuela met with the country's foreign minister to discuss relations that have grown increasingly strained, officials said Friday.
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Donors approve $1B for post-Aristide Haiti
Mar 18 2005 8:43PM (CT)
CAYENNE, French Guiana (AP) - World donors approved $1 billion in aid projects for Haiti on Friday, promising to repair its roads and rebuild its battered power grid, in an effort to help the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation as it prepares for fall elections.
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Prisoners' wives want Cuba media space
Mar 18 2005 8:12PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Nearly 30 wives of political prisoners marched to the headquarters of the government's journalists' union Friday to demand their plight be publicized in Cuba's state-run media, marking the second anniversary of the crackdown that put their spouses behind bars.
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Castro insulted by being on richest list
Mar 18 2005 9:58AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Most people would be flattered if Forbes magazine estimated their personal fortune at $550 million _ but Cuban President Fidel Castro is not, apparently, one of them.
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U.S. withdraws charges against Samper
Mar 18 2005 2:16AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A U.S. federal attorney who accused the Cali drug cartel of bribing former President Ernesto Samper and dozens of congressmen to pass a favorable extradition law retracted his statement after Colombia threatened to stop turning over suspected traffickers to the United States.
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