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Venezuelans protest against violent crime
Apr 6 2006 11:54PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Protesters enraged by the killings of three boys in a ransom kidnapping took to the streets Thursday accusing President Hugo Chavez of inaction against rampant crime.
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Mexican farmers vow to fight dam project
Apr 6 2006 10:42PM (CT)
LA GARRAPATA, Mexico (AP) - Hundreds of machete-wielding farmers opposed to a hydroelectric dam project briefly seized a pumping plant, cutting off much of the water supply to Acapulco just days before tourists flock to the Pacific resort for their Easter vacations.
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Two buses bombed in Colombia; 24 hurt
Apr 6 2006 10:41PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Bombs exploded on two buses in a working class district of Colombia's capital Thursday, injuring two dozen passengers, including three children with burns over half their body, officials said.
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Peru nationalist candidate falls into tie
Apr 6 2006 10:13PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A former army officer considered a strong contender for the Peruvian presidency lost ground in a poll released Thursday, falling into a dead heat with two rivals just days ahead of Sunday's vote.
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Detainee claims Moroccans tortured him
Apr 6 2006 9:23PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Binyam Muhammad, who has been accused of plotting al-Qaida attacks in the United States, was tortured with a scalpel after American authorities handed him over to Moroccan interrogators, according to an account provided by his lawyer.
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Mexicans protest slow hurricane rebuilding
Apr 6 2006 8:33PM (CT)
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) - About 3,000 people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding unleashed by Hurricane Stan last fall marched Thursday to protest a lack of progress in efforts to rebuild 45 hard-hit communities.
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Missing American's body found in Nicaragua
Apr 6 2006 7:18PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Rescue crews have found the body of an Arkansas dentist who disappeared after a small boat sank in Lake Nicaragua, police said Thursday.
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U.S. looks into Cuban coast guard shooting
Apr 6 2006 6:28PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The Cuban coast guard shot at three suspected migrant smugglers from the United States who refused orders to halt their boat as it neared the island, killing one, official media reported Thursday.
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Guatemalan opposition congressman killed
Apr 6 2006 6:14PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - An opposition congressman was shot to death as he stepped out of his party's headquarters on Thursday, the second lawmaker assassinated in the past two years in this violence-plagued Central American nation.
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Ancient pyramid discovered in Mexico
Apr 6 2006 5:33PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Archeologists announced on Wednesday they have discovered a massive 6th-century Indian pyramid beneath a centuries-old Catholic religious site.
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Colombian rebels free German hostage
Apr 6 2006 4:51AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - For five years, Rosy de Hintze did whatever she could to secure the release of her husband, a German businessman kidnapped by Colombia's largest rebel group. She sold her car and took out loans to pay at least three ransoms.
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