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Victims still seek justice in border deaths
Jul 26 2006 5:31PM (CT)
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Hollywood is paying attention, but that has done nothing to solve the many killings of young women in the desert outside this border city.
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Castro touts Cuban social achievements
Jul 26 2006 3:29PM (CT)
BAYAMO, Cuba (AP) - Fidel Castro led tens of thousands of Communist Party faithful Wednesday in a celebration of the nearly suicidal barracks assault that launched the Cuban Revolution 53 years ago.
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Chavez brushes aside U.S. on arms deals
Jul 26 2006 2:17PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that his oil-rich nation will sign major arms deals in Moscow to acquire Russian fighter jets and produce Kalashnikov assault rifles, and he slammed U.S. criticism of the weapons sales.
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Peru's Toledo ends tenure on an upswing
Jul 26 2006 12:28PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alejandro Toledo grew up shining shoes in a slum, earned a Stanford University graduate degree and a World Bank job, and five years ago became Peru's first democratically elected president of Indian descent. His presidency ends Friday with Peru's economy looking its best in decades.
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Mexico tries to improve absentee voting
Jul 26 2006 12:26PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's first attempt at absentee voting was a flop, collecting a mere 33,111 ballots, but officials hope to make it cheaper and easier for Mexicans to vote from abroad in the next presidential election.
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Peru's Toledo ends presidency on upswing
Jul 26 2006 4:22AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alejandro Toledo grew up shining shoes in a slum, earned a Stanford University graduate degree and a World Bank job, and five years ago became Peru's first democratically elected president of Indian descent. His presidency ends Friday with Peru's economy looking its best in decades.
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