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Peace deal with Colombian gunmen on track
May 22 2006 10:14PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's peace process with far-right paramilitary gunmen was back on track Monday, following days of tensions caused by a court ruling that tossed out part of a peace pact, Interior Minister Sabas Pretelt said.
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Mexico's president pledges clean election
May 22 2006 9:28PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Vicente Fox promised Monday the country will hold its cleanest elections ever, while his spokesman criticized opposition claims that Fox was illegally meddling in the campaigns.
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Arrest revives hope in Holloway case
May 22 2006 9:25PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The surprise arrest of a new suspect in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway revived hope Monday of solving the case, with a defense lawyer saying for the first time that Aruban authorities believe she was murdered.
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Leaked tape eyed in Brazilian violence
May 22 2006 4:40PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Lawmakers suspect a gang responsible for coordinated attacks on police and prison riots that led to 172 deaths had advance warning of secret plans for a police crackdown, obtained from a leaked congressional audio tape.
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Haitian president nominates ally for post
May 22 2006 2:31PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Moving quickly to form a new government, President Rene Preval said Monday he has nominated former Cabinet member and close ally Jacques Edouard Alexis as prime minister.
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Doc who fought in Castro's revolution dies
May 22 2006 2:12PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Eduardo Bernabe Ordaz, a doctor who fought in Fidel Castro's revolution before heading Havana's Psychiatric Hospital for more than four decades, has died at the age of 84, the Communist Party newspaper reported Monday.
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Venezuela resumes flights after volcano
May 22 2006 11:28AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Airline officials in Venezuela said Monday that flights to the United States had resumed after a cloud of volcanic ash in the Caribbean suspended some international flights over the weekend.
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