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Castro notes absence of plot to kill him
Jun 29 2005 11:33PM (CT)
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela (AP) - Cuban President Fidel Castro said his visit to Venezuela for a Caribbean oil summit Wednesday marked the first overseas trip he could remember in which foes had not mounted a plot to assassinate him.
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Mexico issues stamps of black character
Jun 29 2005 10:06PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government has issued postage stamps depicting an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin, drawing protest from U.S. activists Wednesday just weeks after remarks by President Vicente Fox angered American blacks.
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Leaders agree to strengthen migrant rights
Jun 29 2005 10:04PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - The leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Central America agreed Wednesday to strengthen the rights of migrants heading north to the United States while fighting the smugglers who move thousands across borders, from Panama to Mexico.
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Colombia navy members arrested over drugs
Jun 29 2005 10:00PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Twelve members of Colombia's navy were arrested after raids uncovered drug-making chemicals and documents linking them to cocaine smuggling groups, authorities said Wednesday.
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Father gave Dutch teen law advice in Aruba
Jun 29 2005 9:48PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - The father of a Dutch teenager arrested in the disappearance of a young U.S. woman told his son and his two friends that "when there is no body you don't have a case," Aruba's attorney general said Wednesday.
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Prisoners from Grenada coup can appeal
Jun 29 2005 9:19PM (CT)
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - An appeals court ruled Wednesday that 13 prisoners convicted of killing Grenada's leader during a 1983 coup that prompted a U.S. invasion can appeal to the London-based Privy Council, their lawyers said.
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U.N. peacekeepers kill 6 gunmen in Haiti
Jun 29 2005 8:22PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers raided a slum filled with gangs loyal to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday, killing six gunmen.
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Cuban cardinal unveils John Paul II statue
Jun 29 2005 7:09PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega unveiled a statue of the late Pope John Paul II in the eastern city of Holguin, Roman Catholic Church officials said Wednesday.
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Peru urged to extradite kingpin associate
Jun 29 2005 2:56PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The U.S. ambassador urged Peru to stop dragging its feet on extraditing the suspected enforcer of a man Washington has called the "drug kingpin" of this Andean nation, local media reported Wednesday.
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Bret downgraded to tropical depression
Jun 29 2005 12:57PM (CT)
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Bret was downgraded to a tropical depression Wednesday after moving inland from the Gulf coast of Mexico about 360 miles south of the Texas border, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
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Tropical storm hits Gulf coast of Mexico
Jun 29 2005 9:21AM (CT)
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Bret hit the Gulf coast of Mexico about 360 miles south of the Texas border Wednesday, pelting communities with heavy rain and prompting flood warnings.
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