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Brazil threatens to break AIDS drug patent
Jun 24 2005 10:15PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil threatened Friday to break the patent on an anti-AIDS drug produced by Abbott Laboratories Inc. if the company refuses to allow Latin America's largest country to produce a generic equivalent or buy it at a discount.
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Ecuador inmates stage crucifixions
Jun 24 2005 8:52PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador inmates stepped up a protest for improved conditions Friday with some prisoners voluntarily being hung from crosses and others using their blood to scrawl out demands.
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Chavez vows to defend social 'revolution'
Jun 24 2005 7:12PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez told thousands of troops Friday that Venezuelans would defend the nation's social "revolution" with their lives if attacked by a foreign power such as the United States.
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Argentines mark death of tango crooner
Jun 24 2005 5:36PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentines marking the death of one of the world's greatest tango singers in a plane crash 70 years ago flocked tearfully to the tomb of Carlos Gardel on Friday, leaving red carnations and lit cigarettes as they do each year.
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Aruba police arrest father of Dutch teen
Jun 24 2005 8:38AM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Aruban police arrested the father of a young Dutch teen already in custody in connection with the disappearance of a young Alabama woman, and said Thursday that he was considered a suspect in the 3-week-old case.
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