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Air travel scary in South America
Jun 23 2007 4:42PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.
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Air travel scary in South America
Jun 23 2007 4:42PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.
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Bombings prompt curfew in Colombian city
Jun 23 2007 1:53PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A wave of bombings in Colombia's most violent city wounded 23 people late Friday, and marines defused another two bombs Saturday. Authorities blamed the bombings on rebels seeking revenge for the killing of a regional guerrilla commander.
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Fight over government seat roils Bolivia
Jun 23 2007 11:56AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - National maps give them both a star, but for more than a century, the seat of Bolivia's government has been in high-altitude La Paz. Now Sucre, a provincial lowland city where the highest courts are based, wants the executive and legislative branches as well.
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Army officer says Gitmo panels flawed
Jun 23 2007 10:04AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - An Army officer who played a key role in the "enemy combatant" hearings at Guantanamo Bay says tribunal members relied on vague and incomplete intelligence while being pressured to rule against detainees, often without any specific evidence.
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Army officer says Gitmo panels flawed
Jun 23 2007 10:04AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - An Army officer who played a key role in the "enemy combatant" hearings at Guantanamo Bay says tribunal members relied on vague and incomplete intelligence while being pressured to rule against detainees, often without any specific evidence.
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Peru Congress cuts age of consent to 14
Jun 23 2007 4:34AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's Congress has voted overwhelmingly to lower the age to 14 for participating in consensual sex, a move some activists said could expose children to sexual abuse.
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