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Panama to vote on canal expansion Oct. 22
Jul 16 2006 3:01PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) - Panamanians will vote Oct. 22 on whether to undertake the biggest modification to the Panama Canal since it was opened in 1914.
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Cuba vows communist succession post-Castro
Jul 16 2006 1:22PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - What will Cuba be like when Fidel Castro is gone? Washington and Cuba have _ no surprise _ startlingly different versions of a post-Castro Cuba, and many dissidents on the island complain they will be caught in the middle.
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Peru's female traffic cops face backlash
Jul 16 2006 11:19AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - When traffic cop Maria Luisa Calderon ordered a taxi driver to move on as he picked up a passenger in heavy traffic, his reaction bordered on homicidal: He turned on his high beams and floored it, slamming her to the ground and ripping her face and ankle as he sped away.
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Thousands flee as Ecuador volcano erupts
Jul 16 2006 4:27AM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Thousands of Ecuadorean villagers have fled their homes on the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano since it began erupting lava and toxic gases, authorities said Saturday.
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Suriname makes amends to massacre victims
Jul 16 2006 1:19AM (CT)
MOENGO, Suriname (AP) - Hundreds of relatives of at least 39 people killed 20 years ago by a military dictatorship returned to their native Suriname to receive an official apology and compensation from the government.
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Mexican extradited for child pornography
Jul 16 2006 1:03AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - U.S. authorities extradited a Mexican businessman with alleged ties to associates of a powerful state governor to face charges in Mexico of child pornography, statutory rape and corruption of minors.
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