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Escaped hostage was with 3 Americans
May 16 2007 11:29PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A police officer who fled to freedom after eight years as a hostage of leftist rebels said Wednesday that he was held until late last month with a former presidential candidate and three American military contractors.
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U.S. businessman convicted of raping boy
May 16 2007 7:52PM (CT)
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - A U.S. businessman was convicted of raping a teenage boy and sentenced to more than 7 years in jail in Mexico.
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4 police killed in northern Mexico
May 16 2007 6:02PM (CT)
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) - A group of more than 40 armed men abducted and killed four Mexican policemen Wednesday about 20 miles south of the Arizona border, and the anti-kidnapping chief in another northern Mexico state was reportedly kidnapped.
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Colombia's leader defends administration
May 16 2007 5:52PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe defended his battered administration Wednesday against a flurry of new blows: a wiretapping scandal, the jailing of more congressional allies and a paramilitary warlord's claims that two high-ranking officials conspired with far-right militias.
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Colombia's leader defends administration
May 16 2007 5:52PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe defended his battered administration Wednesday against a flurry of new blows: a wiretapping scandal, the jailing of more congressional allies and a paramilitary warlord's claims that two high-ranking officials conspired with far-right militias.
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Colombia's leader defends administration
May 16 2007 5:52PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe defended his battered administration Wednesday against a flurry of new blows: a wiretapping scandal, the jailing of more congressional allies and a paramilitary warlord's claims that two high-ranking officials conspired with far-right militias.
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Argentina threatens railroad crackdown
May 16 2007 1:53PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina's president on Wednesday threatened to crack down on private rail operators for failing to make upgrades after frustration over poor service boiled over into a riot at a major commuter station.
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