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Bolivia plans to nationalize more sectors
May 2 2006 8:48PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's leftist government said Tuesday it would extend control over mining, forestry and other sectors of the economy after President Evo Morales nationalized the country's huge natural gas industry. Foreign governments warned relations could be damaged.
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Puerto Rico extends government shutdown
May 2 2006 7:03PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Hundreds of public-sector employees lined up to seek unemployment benefits Tuesday, as a partial government shutdown went into a second day with no sign of a resolution to Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis.
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Experts: drug spraying failing in Colombia
May 2 2006 5:09PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Aerial spraying of illegal, drug-producing crops in Colombia _ an expensive linchpin of the U.S.-backed war on drugs _ is failing, key members of Congress and drug policy experts said Tuesday.
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Summer may prove deadly for some migrants
May 2 2006 3:28PM (CT)
SASABE, Mexico (AP) - Wearing tight jeans and a glittery "bebe" T-shirt, the 17-year-old scrambled out of a packed van as the temperature edged toward 90 degrees in this barren stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Mexico's Fox to sign bill legalizing drugs
May 2 2006 3:19PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican President Vicente Fox will sign into law a measure that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs for personal use, his spokesman said Tuesday.
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