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Brazil mines and energy minister resigns
May 22 2007 11:37PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's mines and energy minister resigned Tuesday amid accusations he was bribed by a construction company that obtained contracts to provide electricity to poor rural areas in a program championed by the nation's first working class president.
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Bolivian president blasts capitalism
May 22 2007 11:20PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales called capitalism the "worst enemy of humanity" at a conference of Latin American leftist intellectuals on Tuesday.
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Guatemala ratifies adoption treaty
May 22 2007 10:39PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemala has ratified an international adoption treaty, committing to bring adoptions under government regulation and make sure babies are not bought or stolen.
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Cuba to modernize its ethanol production
May 22 2007 9:52PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba is modernizing its ethanol-producing facilities despite Fidel Castro's repeated assertions that making more of the biofuel could starve the world's poor.
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Colombian rebels want peace talks
May 22 2007 9:13PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Colombia's second-largest rebel group is calling for peace talks with the government to include a cease-fire and a freeze in efforts to reach a free trade deal with the United States.
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North Dakota pushes potatoes in Cuba
May 22 2007 8:59PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - North Dakota wants to ship potatoes to Cuba, and was looking Tuesday for ways to get them to this Caribbean island without spoiling.
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US Commander: Guantanamo more controlled
May 22 2007 3:45PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Guantanamo Bay has become a more tightly controlled prison holding a core group of terrorists and committed jihadists, while many detainees no longer seen as a threat have been released or transferred, the detention center's outgoing commander said.
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Brazil, Paraguay wrestle with smuggling
May 22 2007 2:45AM (CT)
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay (AP) - Men lugging shiny stereos, new tires and heavy bundles on their backs stream like ants across the Friendship Bridge, where smugglers lower contraband from Paraguay on ropes to Brazilian runners on the riverbank below.
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Brazil, Paraguay wrestle with smuggling
May 22 2007 2:45AM (CT)
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay (AP) - Men lugging shiny stereos, new tires and heavy bundles on their backs stream like ants across the Friendship Bridge, where smugglers lower contraband from Paraguay on ropes to Brazilian runners on the riverbank below.
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