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Thousands in Ecuador protest president
Apr 18 2005 10:38PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Chanting "Lucio, get out," a river of demonstrators poured into the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, Monday night to demand that President Lucio Gutierrez step down, as anti-government protests spread from Quito, the capital.
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Cuba says 96.66 percent of voters voted
Apr 18 2005 10:37PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuban officials on Monday said that nearly 97 percent of registered voters in the country participated in municipal elections over the weekend.
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Haiti ex-official charged in killings
Apr 18 2005 10:18PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's former interior minister under ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was charged Monday in connection with killing political opponents last year, officials said.
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Colombian rebels cut off mountain village
Apr 18 2005 8:39PM (CT)
TORIBIO, Colombia (AP) - Colombian rebels controlled roads leading to this besieged mountain village Monday while government forces _ flown in by helicopter _ patrolled its battle-damaged streets.
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Caribbean flight crash lands in Trinidad
Apr 18 2005 6:13PM (CT)
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - A commercial turboprop plane crash landed on its belly at Trinidad's main airport Monday when the plane's landing gear failed, injuring several people, officials said.
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Brazil parish thinks Hummes should be pope
Apr 18 2005 1:51PM (CT)
SANTO ANDRE, Brazil (AP) - Union bosses recall his loyalty. Parishioners cite his courage. Almost everyone in this blue-collar city thinks Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes is the best choice to be the next pope.
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Volunteers in Venezuela get basic training
Apr 18 2005 1:31PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Scores of men and women crawl through a mud-filled ditch, ducking barbed wire and coughing in a mixture of tear gas and smoke while gunfire rattles overhead and soldiers bark orders.
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