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3 police killed in northern Mexico
Apr 21 2007 10:45PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Durango state police commander was kidnapped and killed Saturday and two other officers were shot dead in a gun battle with his abductors, state authorities said.
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Venezuela opposition protests TV closing
Apr 21 2007 10:16PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelans marched Saturday amid heavy security in the opposition's largest show of support yet for a television station targeted by President Hugo Chavez, whom they accuse of suppressing freedom of speech and democratic rights.
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Chile: 1 dead, 8 missing in ship fire
Apr 21 2007 10:09PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chilean navy officials were searching Saturday for eight workers missing after a fire swept through a fish-processing ship off southern Chile, killing one person.
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Brazilian air control blamed for crash
Apr 21 2007 9:07PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - The U.S. company that owned the executive jet involved in a mid-air collision with a commericial airliner blamed faulty Brazilian air traffic control for the accident that killed 154 people, according to a report obtained by the Associated Press on Saturday.
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Chile hit by quake; no damage reported
Apr 21 2007 7:46PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A strong earthquake rocked a part of southern Chile Saturday that has been hit by hundreds of tremors in the last three months that may be related to the birth of an undersea volcano.
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Fidel Castro meets with Chinese official
Apr 21 2007 6:56PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Photographs published in Cuba's party newspaper Saturday showed Fidel Castro meeting and shaking hands with a visiting Chinese Communist Party official, the latest sign the Cuban leader is becoming increasingly active more than eight months after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery.
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