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Cardinal sees wait for Third World pope
Apr 29 2005 9:03PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, once considered a possible candidate for pope, predicted Friday it would be a long time before the world sees a pontiff from a poor or developing nation.
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Haiti bid to rejoin Caribbean group lags
Apr 29 2005 7:56PM (CT)
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Haiti's bid to return to the Caribbean Community appears to be failing, with officials telling its visiting interim foreign minister this week that the violence-plagued nation must first have fair elections before it can rejoin.
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'Mermaid' baby turns 1, awaits surgery
Apr 29 2005 7:13PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's "little mermaid" _ the baby born with legs fused together from her thighs to her ankles _ celebrated her first birthday Friday in the public hospital where doctors hope to perform risky surgery to repair her rare birth defect.
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Guatemala develops plan to protect judges
Apr 29 2005 7:00PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) - Guatemala's Supreme Court adopted a plan Friday to offer protection to 19 judges and six magistrates who have received death threats.
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Colombia forces tighten grip on rebel town
Apr 29 2005 6:13PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Government troops consolidated their grip Friday on a mountain town retaken from leftist rebels and the town's Indian residents slowly began to return despite fears of more violence.
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Soccer club's fans rankle Argentine Jews
Apr 29 2005 3:16PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Jewish leaders demanded Friday that Argentine soccer authorities take action against a club whose fans waved flags emblazoned with swastikas at a professional match.
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Mexican family defends victim's innocence
Apr 29 2005 3:01PM (CT)
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - The nightmare began for Patricia Cervantes nearly two years ago, when her 19-year-old daughter was found dead in the desert near the U.S. border with a gunshot wound to the head.
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Chile official likely to become OAS chief
Apr 29 2005 1:36PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chilean Interior Minister Jose Miguel Insulza was assured election Friday as the next secretary-general of the Organization of American States following the withdrawal of Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez from the race.
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Rice calls for acceleration of democracy
Apr 29 2005 2:23AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the world's democracies must use the power of shared ideals "to accelerate democracy's movement to ever more places across the globe."
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