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Mexico deports Pakistani man
Jun 15 2005 10:26PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Authorities in the border city of Tijuana deported a Pakistani man who is under investigation by U.S. authorities for alleged weapons trafficking, and U.S. police took him into custody Wednesday.
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Aruban police search home of Dutch teen
Jun 15 2005 10:10PM (CT)
NOORD, Aruba (AP) - Authorities Wednesday searched the home of a high-ranking Dutch judicial official whose son was with an Alabama honors student the night she disappeared. Police carried away the results of their search in several garbage bags and towed two cars.
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Genocide charges OK'd for Mexico ex-leader
Jun 15 2005 8:00PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria can be charged with genocide for his alleged involvement in the 1971 massacre of student protesters, Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Strong quake in Chile damaged 9,235 homes
Jun 15 2005 7:00PM (CT)
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) - The massive earthquake that rocked northern Chile two days ago killed 11 people and destroyed or damaged 9,235 houses in several Andean mountain villages, authorities reported Wednesday.
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Venezuela seeks extradition of militant
Jun 15 2005 6:57PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela formally requested the extradition of a Cuban militant accused of planning a 1976 airliner bombing that killed 73 people, Venezuela's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
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Argentina human rights ruling gets support
Jun 15 2005 6:56PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A Supreme Court ruling that struck down amnesty laws protecting human rights violators during Argentina's "Dirty War" won widespread support Wednesday, but conservative groups complained it will only reopen old wounds.
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Colombian warlord lays down his weapons
Jun 15 2005 5:42PM (CT)
LA RUSIA OCHO, Colombia (AP) - A brutal paramilitary warlord who made a fortune in Colombia's drug trade demobilized more than 400 of his fighters at a ceremony Wednesday under a peace deal critics say could let him get away with murder.
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Venezuela asks U.S. to extradite Posada
Jun 15 2005 5:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Venezuelan Embassy asked the State Department on Wednesday for the extradition of Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles because of his alleged role in the deaths of 73 passengers in the bombing of a Cuban plane in 1976.
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11 arrested on terror charges in Spain
Jun 15 2005 1:39PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spanish police arrested 11 men Wednesday on charges of belonging to a Syrian-based group that recruits suicide bombers to attack U.S. troops in Iraq, officials said Wednesday in revealing a new facet of Spain's role as an al-Qaida staging ground.
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Bolivia's president names new Cabinet
Jun 15 2005 1:04PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's new president swore in his Cabinet, making clear that the caretaker government would be brief as he seeks early elections to placate opposition demonstrators who recently crippled the country with strikes.
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