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Texas group to look for Ala. teen in Aruba
Jun 21 2005 9:58PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - A volunteer group from Texas said Tuesday it will bring special dogs and sonar equipment to Aruba to help search for teenager Natalee Holloway, who has been missing for three weeks on the resort island.
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Chile's Pinochet hospitalized after stroke
Jun 21 2005 9:36PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet suffered a mild stroke Tuesday, fainting at his home before he regained consciousness at a military hospital.
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Guyana trying to fight drug trafficking
Jun 21 2005 9:28PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyana will hire 600 new police officers and loosen rules on wiretapping and asset seizures as part of a strategy to fight increasing drug trafficking, the president announced Tuesday.
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Mexico's Zapatista rebels to weigh future
Jun 21 2005 9:23PM (CT)
OVENTIC, Mexico (AP) - The leftist Zapatista movement closed its offices and sent rebel leaders into hiding as a "precautionary defensive measure" while members discuss the future of their fight against Mexico's government, the group's military commander said Tuesday.
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Group: Drug gang killed Mexican journalist
Jun 21 2005 6:34PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Members of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels were responsible for the death of a Tijuana investigative journalist last summer, according to a media watchdog group that was briefed by a Mexican federal prosecutor.
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Former Argentine junta leader dies at 81
Jun 21 2005 4:58PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Retired Gen. Guillermo Suarez Mason, a former junta commander under arrest in connection with probes of suspected illegal adoptions dating to the past dictatorship, died Tuesday. He was 81.
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Mexico soldiers become cartel hit men
Jun 21 2005 2:13PM (CT)
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) - Zooming around in sport utility vehicles bristling with weapons, Mexican soldiers-turned-drug hit men have taken this border city to the brink of anarchy, infiltrating local police and threatening anyone who gets in their way.
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