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Top court judge takes Bolivia presidency
Jun 9 2005 11:30PM (CT)
SUCRE, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's high court chief took office as the country's president late Thursday during an emergency congressional session, setting the stage for early elections aimed at curbing violent protests that have paralyzed much of this Latin nation.
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Mexico border city fights to restore law
Jun 9 2005 11:16PM (CT)
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) - Alejandro Dominguez was the only person brave enough to be police chief. Hours after he took office, assailants riddled his body with dozens of bullets in this city wracked by a turf battle between Mexico's two main drug gangs.
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3 arrested in missing teen case in Aruba
Jun 9 2005 10:29PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Aruba's prime minister said Thursday that finding a missing Alabama teenager was the country's "No. 1 goal," and police arrested three young men who acknowledged giving her a ride the night she disappeared.
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U.S. seeks Colombia warlord's extradition
Jun 9 2005 8:00PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The United States on Thursday formally requested the extradition of the man considered Colombia's most brutal paramilitary warlord, indicted for conspiracy to import tons of cocaine into the United States.
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Costa Rica leader released from hospital
Jun 9 2005 7:38PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - President Abel Pacheco was released from a hospital on Thursday after spending three days recovering from high blood pressure.
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Mexican border city police chief killed
Jun 9 2005 11:23AM (CT)
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) - For weeks, no one came forward to apply for the Nuevo Laredo police chief job because many saw it as a death sentence. But Alejandro Dominguez proudly took office Wednesday, saying he was not afraid of anything. Nine hours later, he was ambushed and killed by gunmen who fired three dozen times. Officials were conducting an autopsy Thursday.
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