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U.S. missionaries ministered to captors
Jul 21 2006 10:43PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Two U.S. missionaries held hostage for five days in Haiti spent their captivity in a sweltering makeshift cell praying and even ministering to their kidnappers, one of the men said Friday.
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Venezuela enters Mercosur trade bloc
Jul 21 2006 10:05PM (CT)
CORDOBA, Argentina (AP) - Venezuela formally entered Mercosur Friday, increasing the South American trade bloc's economic might and vowing to transform the once-sleepy policy organization into a force for profound social change.
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Mexican legislators consider immigration
Jul 21 2006 9:07PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Federal legislators from Mexico's ruling party have introduced a bill to eliminate jail terms for illegal migration into Mexico, saying they want to send a message that migrants should not be treated like criminals.
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Mercosur backs Venezuela for Council seat
Jul 21 2006 8:18PM (CT)
CORDOBA, Argentina (AP) - Major South American economic powers threw their support Friday behind anti-U.S. crusader Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in his fight against Washington for a U.N. Security Council seat.
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Helicopter crash kills 5 in Colombia
Jul 21 2006 7:10PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A helicopter crashed in southwestern Colombia on Friday while surveying one of the country's most-attacked oil pipelines, killing all five passengers on board.
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Brazil nixes Varig plan to suspend flights
Jul 21 2006 4:13PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - The Civil Aeronautics Agency on Friday vetoed a plan by Brazil's struggling airline Varig to suspend most flights and ordered the company to fly all its assigned routes.
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Protesters take over Oaxaca, Mexico
Jul 21 2006 12:28PM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Protesters have taken over the center of folkloric Oaxaca, making tourists show identification at makeshift checkpoints, smashing the windows of quaint hotels and spray-painting revolutionary slogans. Police are nowhere in sight.
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Castro visit changes tenor of trade summit
Jul 21 2006 6:31AM (CT)
CORDOBA, Argentina (AP) - A rare guest appearance by Cuban leader Fidel Castro has turned a routine trade summit into a politically charged gathering of Washington's greatest Latin American foes.
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