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Ex-Brazil presidential aide denies graft
Aug 2 2005 10:18PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's former chief of staff on Tuesday denied any involvement in a bribes for votes scheme that has reached the highest levels of government.
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Dutch suspect questioned in Aruba case
Aug 2 2005 8:58PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Behavioral specialists on Tuesday questioned a young Dutch suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, and a volunteer group conducted a final search of a landfill where a witness claimed to have seen men dumping a female body.
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Colombia envoy to urge aid to fight drugs
Aug 2 2005 5:54PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's newly appointed ambassador to the United States said Tuesday he will ask Washington for more aid to combat drug trafficking and warned that Colombian cocaine cartels are forging ties with terrorist groups around the world.
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Honduras suspect, 13, threatens to escape
Aug 2 2005 5:49PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A 13-year-old boy accused of killing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent said Tuesday he plans to escape from jail _ as he has three times before _ and kill journalists.
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Colombian police seek rebels after attack
Aug 2 2005 3:13PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Police scoured the snowcapped mountains of northern Colombia Tuesday for a leftist rebel unit blamed for a roadside bomb attack on a government convoy that killed at least 15 elite counterinsurgency troops.
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Blasts at Mexico cockfight kill four
Aug 2 2005 6:08AM (CT)
TONALA, Mexico (AP) - Assailants threw grenades into a crowded cockfighting ring before dawn Monday in this western Mexican city, killing four people and wounding 25 others, investigators said.
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