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Plane with 19 aboard disappears in Brazil
Mar 31 2006 11:14PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A plane carrying 19 people disappeared from radar screens Friday night and had not been found more than six hours after it was due to land in Rio de Janeiro, civil defense officials said.
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Sister hopes brother still alive in Chile
Mar 31 2006 10:06PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Boris Weisfeiler was one of more than 3,000 people who vanished after being arrested during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. He's the only American still missing.
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Bush calls trilateral meeting 'productive'
Mar 31 2006 9:39PM (CT)
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - President Bush, closing a three-nation summit Friday, defended requiring secure documents from border-crossing Canadians and pushed Mexico to prevent more of its people from illegally entering America
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Bolivia's airports under military control
Mar 31 2006 7:53PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Military and police forces took control of Bolivia's major airports Friday, one day after hundreds of striking airline workers blocked runways and disrupted flights to three airports.
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U.N. mission condemns Haitian jailings
Mar 31 2006 6:53PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti on Friday condemned the jailing of thousands of people who have not been convicted of a crime, saying the practice violated prisoners' human rights.
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Fox: Mexico committed to secure borders
Mar 31 2006 5:28PM (CT)
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - President Vicente Fox said Friday that Mexico is committed to more secure borders, citing his government's fight against drug trafficking and a crackdown on migrant smugglers.
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College students get rare look at Cuba
Mar 31 2006 2:53PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Molly Morris didn't realize how isolated Cubans are from the United States until a worker at her hotel asked for a U.S. map to see where she and other visiting American college students came from.
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Woman joins presidential race in Peru
Mar 31 2006 4:33AM (CT)
JULIACA, Peru (AP) - When the rocks started raining down on her campaign caravan, Lourdes Flores didn't flinch. She kept her smile and forged ahead on the back of a pickup truck, protected by a plastic shield held by an aide.
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Series of explosions rock Mexican plant
Mar 31 2006 4:24AM (CT)
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (AP) - A series of explosions at an assembly plant in the Mexican border state of Coahuila forced the evacuation of thousands of residents near the industrial city of Monclova on Thursday.
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Expert forecasts rough hurricane season
Mar 31 2006 4:21AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - This year's hurricane season will likely be worse than usual, though not as severe as 2005, a U.S. hurricane expert said Thursday.
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