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Suriname to prosecute for 1982 massacre
Apr 4 2008 11:42PM (CT)
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) - A military tribunal in Suriname ruled Friday that those accused of a 1982 massacre _ including the country's former dictator _ must stand trial.
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Chile bans free 'morning-after' pills
Apr 4 2008 8:54PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile's Constitutional Court halted a government program Friday that provided the contraceptive known as the "morning-after" pill free to women and girls as young as 14.
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3 convicted in Argentine adoption trial
Apr 4 2008 8:13PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A court on Friday sentenced the adoptive parents of a baby born to a missing political prisoner to up to eight years in prison for concealing the child's identity, in a landmark case with roots in Argentina's dictatorship.
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Chavez says he can't help on Betancourt
Apr 4 2008 8:04PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - France asked the Venezuelan president for help Friday with a hurried mission to free an ailing hostage held by Colombian rebels, but Hugo Chavez said he can't do anything unless Colombia and the U.S. back off their hunt for a guerrilla leader.
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Chavez says he can't help on Betancourt
Apr 4 2008 8:04PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - France asked the Venezuelan president for help Friday with a hurried mission to free an ailing hostage held by Colombian rebels, but Hugo Chavez said he can't do anything unless Colombia and the U.S. back off their hunt for a guerrilla leader.
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Chavez says he can't help on Betancourt
Apr 4 2008 8:04PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - France asked the Venezuelan president for help Friday with a hurried mission to free an ailing hostage held by Colombian rebels, but Hugo Chavez said he can't do anything unless Colombia and the U.S. back off their hunt for a guerrilla leader.
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Haitians killed in riot over food prices
Apr 4 2008 7:50PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least three Haitians were killed and 25 others injured amid food riots and clashes with U.N. peacekeepers on Friday, a mission spokeswoman and Haitian radio said.
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Interpol: top Colombian rebel sought
Apr 4 2008 5:58PM (CT)
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) - Interpol has issued a "red notice" for the capture of Colombian rebel leader Rodrigo Granda, wanted in connection with a high-profile kidnapping and killing in Paraguay, an agency official said Friday.
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Rains leave thousands homeless in Brazil
Apr 4 2008 4:02PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Floods triggered by two weeks of torrential downpours have killed at least 10 people and forced more than 30,000 people to flee their homes in Brazil's normally arid northeast, officials said Friday.
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Puerto Rico closes beauty queen case
Apr 4 2008 2:39PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Officials said Friday they have dropped an investigation into a beauty queen's claim that her evening gown was doused with pepper spray, citing a lack of evidence to support criminal charges.
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2 groups offer to defend Gitmo detainees
Apr 4 2008 10:08AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers said they are assembling teams of civilian attorneys to help defend some of the most notorious terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay.
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Remote Suriname plane crash kills 19
Apr 4 2008 2:02AM (CT)
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) - Officials faced the grim task Friday of identifying the victims of a plane crash in a remote Surinamese jungle that killed all 19 aboard.
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Remote Suriname plane crash kills 19
Apr 4 2008 2:02AM (CT)
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) - Officials faced the grim task Friday of identifying the victims of a plane crash in a remote Surinamese jungle that killed all 19 aboard.
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Remote Suriname plane crash kills 19
Apr 4 2008 2:02AM (CT)
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) - Officials faced the grim task Friday of identifying the victims of a plane crash in a remote Surinamese jungle that killed all 19 aboard.
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