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Report: Slain smuggler was a migrant too
Apr 7 2006 10:46PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The suspected migrant smuggler Cuban authorities fatally shot this week left the island as a migrant himself three weeks ago but returned as a crew member on the same boat to repay a debt, state television said Friday.
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Chilean Court upholds Pinochet indictment
Apr 7 2006 9:00PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - An appeals court on Friday upheld the indictment of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet on charges of evading up to $3 million in taxes related to secret accounts in foreign banks.
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U.S. envoy's car pelted in Venezuela
Apr 7 2006 8:32PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Supporters of President Hugo Chavez threw eggs and tomatoes at the U.S. ambassador's car Friday and motorcyclists chased his convoy for miles, at times pounding on the vehicles. The U.S. State Department swiftly accused Caracas city officials of complicity.
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Venezuela holds five in deaths of brothers
Apr 7 2006 8:30PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Five people have been detained in connection with the killing of three young brothers who were kidnapped at a bogus police checkpoint, in a crime that has sparked angry protests over Venezuela's rampant violent crime.
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Abducted U.S. executive escapes in Mexico
Apr 7 2006 7:18PM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - A U.S. executive abducted in this violent Mexico-U.S. border city escaped Friday after his kidnappers dozed off, officials said.
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Gitmo detainee wants to represent self
Apr 7 2006 6:00PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - An alleged bodyguard of Osama bin Laden, who says his U.S. military counsel is the enemy, should be allowed to represent himself at his trial here, the lawyer argued Friday.
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Peru presidential candidates in close race
Apr 7 2006 5:14PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's voters were divided and fearful Friday two days ahead of presidential elections, with polls showing support slipping for a retired army officer who promises to wipe away the "fascist dictatorship of the economically powerful."
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