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Chile releases former Peruvian president
May 18 2006 10:49PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A smiling Alberto Fujimori left jail Thursday after almost seven months when Chile's Supreme Court granted the former Peruvian president bail as he fights extradition to face corruption and human rights charges.
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Pinochet questioned about disappearances
May 18 2006 9:44PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A judge Thursday questioned Gen. Augusto Pinochet about the disappearance of scores of dissidents during his 1973-90 regime in a step that could lead to an indictment against the former dictator.
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Brazil police, gangs continue shootouts
May 18 2006 9:23PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Police kept up running gunbattles with criminals across Sao Paulo on Thursday, the latest in a week of gang violence that has cast a shadow over election-year politics.
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U.S. border fence plan draws criticism
May 18 2006 9:21PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The foreign ministers of Mexico and several Central American nations slammed the U.S. plan to build hundreds of miles of tripled-layered fence on it's southern border.
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Mexicans say nothing will halt migrants
May 18 2006 9:09PM (CT)
NOGALES, Mexico (AP) - Mexicans say it will take more than three layers of fence and 6,000 National Guard troops to keep them out of the United States.
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Mexicans denounce Senate border plan
May 18 2006 4:43AM (CT)
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) - Mexican lawmakers angrily denounced a measure approved by the U.S. Senate to build new border fences, and illegal immigrants vowed to skirt them and cross into U.S. territory anyway.
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