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Fox says Mexico postage stamp not racist
Jul 1 2005 11:20PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Vicente Fox rejected calls to withdraw a new postage stamp that U.S. activists called racist, saying on Friday that critics don't understand the beloved comic book character on which it was based.
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Quake hits Nicaragua; no damage reported
Jul 1 2005 10:48PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - A strong earthquake shook much of Nicaragua late Friday, sending frightened residents spilling into the streets, but no injuries or damage have been reported, officials said.
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Chavez wants to boost Venezuela-U.S. ties
Jul 1 2005 8:03PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that his government maintained good relations with former President Clinton and told U.S. business leaders that he would do his best to improve ties with the Bush administration.
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Teens may be charged, Aruba spokesman says
Jul 1 2005 7:08PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Aruba's chief government spokesman said Friday that three young men detained in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager have not been formally charged but could be as soon as Monday.
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Mexicans line up for controversial stamps
Jul 1 2005 5:38PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Hundreds of people lined up at Mexico City's main post office on Friday, some waiting hours to buy postage stamps featuring a black comic book character that U.S. leaders have called racist.
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Venezuela won't allow Colombian troops
Jul 1 2005 4:26PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Venezuela said Friday it won't allow Colombian troops to hunt down leftist rebels hiding out in its territory, but pledged to boost military cooperation to curb the flow of guerillas, arms and drugs across the two nations' porous border.
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Haiti vote violence kills Red Cross worker
Jul 1 2005 2:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A kidnapped international Red Cross worker was found shot to death, the organization said Friday, expressing its concerns about escalating violence that threatens elections to replace ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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Mexico defends stamp of black character
Jul 1 2005 12:01PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Vicente Fox's spokesman said Friday that publicity-seeking activists in the United States were trying "to take advantage" of a dispute over a Mexican postage stamp depicting a Jim Crow-era black cartoon character.
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Illegal immigrants killed in border crash
Jul 1 2005 5:38AM (CT)
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - Five illegal immigrants were killed and six others injured when their van collided with a pickup truck shortly after it sped around a border checkpoint, authorities said.
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