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Colombia forces out police chief
May 14 2007 11:49PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's police chief and the head of police intelligence were forced to retire Monday as the government alleged that police illegally tapped calls of opposition political figures, journalists and members of the government for the past two years.
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Cuba tries Castro archenemy in absentia
May 14 2007 10:10PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuban university students symbolically tried Luis Posada Carriles on Monday, accusing the anti-communist warrior of teaming up with Washington to commit decades of terrorist attacks.
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Gunman clears rancher in nun's killing
May 14 2007 9:22PM (CT)
BELEM, Brazil (AP) - The gunman convicted of killing Dorothy Stang recanted previous testimony and claimed the rancher now on trial for giving orders to kill the American nun and rainforest defender did not offer him money to do it.
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Colombia orders more lawmakers arrested
May 14 2007 5:32PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Judicial authorities on Monday ordered the arrest of 20 politicians and business leaders, including five congressmen, on criminal conspiracy charges for signing a 2001 pact with illegal right-wing militias.
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Venezuela: no criticism from pope
May 14 2007 4:16PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The top spokesman for Venezuela's leftist government insisted on Monday that the pope's condemnation of Marxism wasn't directed at President Hugo Chavez, who says he's steering Venezuela toward "21st century socialism."
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Drug cartels target military in Mexico
May 14 2007 1:17PM (CT)
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) - Mexican drug cartels armed with powerful weapons and angered by a nationwide military crackdown are striking back, killing soldiers in bold, daily attacks that threaten the one force strong enough to take on the gangs.
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Drug cartels target military in Mexico
May 14 2007 1:17PM (CT)
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) - Mexican drug cartels armed with powerful weapons and angered by a nationwide military crackdown are striking back, killing soldiers in bold, daily attacks that threaten the one force strong enough to take on the gangs.
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Drug cartels target military in Mexico
May 14 2007 1:17PM (CT)
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) - Mexican drug cartels armed with powerful weapons and angered by a nationwide military crackdown are striking back, killing soldiers in bold, daily attacks that threaten the one force strong enough to take on the gangs.
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High-ranking Mexico intel official slain
May 14 2007 1:05PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gunmen fatally shot a high-ranking intelligence official as he was on his way to work at the Attorney General's Office on Monday, officials said.
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Pope assails Marxism and capitalism
May 14 2007 9:06AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the region.
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Pope assails Marxism and capitalism
May 14 2007 9:06AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the region.
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Pope assails Marxism and capitalism
May 14 2007 9:06AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the region.
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Pope assails Marxism and capitalism
May 14 2007 9:06AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the region.
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Pope assails Marxism and capitalism
May 14 2007 9:06AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the region.
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