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Mexico seizes $205.6M from luxury house
Mar 19 2007 11:41PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The $205.6 million seized from a luxury Mexico City house was the largest drug cash seizure "the world has ever seen" and resulted from U.S.-Mexico cooperation, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Monday.
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Brazil's air traffic system again fails
Mar 19 2007 10:42PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's airlines were trying to make up for lengthy flight delays Monday after its troubled air traffic control system failed over the weekend, stranding travelers just months after a breakdown that enraged thousands of passengers.
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Colombian writer mobbed at press meeting
Mar 19 2007 9:02PM (CT)
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - He'd disappointed the previous day by failing to show for a panel discussion on narrative journalism, of which he is an unquestionable master. But publicity-shy Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who turned 80 this month, did finally appear Monday at the semi-annual meeting of the Inter American Press Association as it ended with a luncheon.
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Panama police seize 21 tons of cocaine
Mar 19 2007 8:48PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) - Panamanian police seized a boat off the nation's Pacific coast carrying 21.4 tons of cocaine in one of the biggest maritime cocaine busts anywhere on record, officials said Monday.
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Advocates rap demeaning homeless video
Mar 19 2007 8:22PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Homeless advocates on Monday condemned a video posted on the Internet that showed homeless people in Puerto Rico engaging in degrading acts, such as eating cat food or wearing a G-string, in exchange for money.
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Ferry runs aground in Virgin Islands
Mar 19 2007 7:16PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A passenger ferry that ran aground on a coral reef near the U.S. Virgin Islands has spilled half its fuel into the water, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.
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1 missing after speedboat record attempt
Mar 19 2007 7:10PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A pioneering, biodiesel-fueled powerboat trying to set a speed record for circling the globe collided with a fishing skiff off Guatemala's Pacific coast, leaving one fisherman missing and another seriously injured, the military said Monday.
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Cuban opposition waits amid uncertainty
Mar 19 2007 12:18PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The wives of several dozen political prisoners still don white each Sunday to march silently for their husbands' release, and a leading human rights group still issues its twice-yearly report on prisoners of conscience.
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Cuban opposition waits amid uncertainty
Mar 19 2007 12:18PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The wives of several dozen political prisoners still don white each Sunday to march silently for their husbands' release, and a leading human rights group still issues its twice-yearly report on prisoners of conscience.
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Cuban opposition waits amid uncertainty
Mar 19 2007 12:18PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The wives of several dozen political prisoners still don white each Sunday to march silently for their husbands' release, and a leading human rights group still issues its twice-yearly report on prisoners of conscience.
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