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Chavez: Venezuela to get defense system
Aug 3 2006 10:44PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela will install an advanced air-defense system with anti-aircraft missiles capable of shooting down approaching enemy warplanes, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.
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Tropical Storm Chris loses steam
Aug 3 2006 10:31PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Tropical Storm Chris lost steam Thursday as it pushed across the eastern Caribbean, scattering rain over Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands but no longer posing a hurricane threat to the region.
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Mexican seeks U.S. help on arms trade
Aug 3 2006 9:51PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's top organized crime prosecutor called on U.S. officials Thursday to do more to halt illegal weapons trafficking to help Mexico stem a wave of bloody, drug-fueled violence.
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Thousands of Brazil peasants evicted
Aug 3 2006 9:35PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Authorities are evicting thousands of peasants who have been ordered off ranches in northern Brazil by a court ruling obtained by the land owners, officials said Thursday.
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Brazil police may have found heist loot
Aug 3 2006 9:34PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Cash found in an abandoned house last week almost certainly was part of the $70 million stolen last year in one of the world's largest heists, police said Thursday.
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U.N. leader makes first trip to Haiti
Aug 3 2006 8:22PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making his first trip to Haiti, called Thursday for strengthening the national police force to stem an upsurge in kidnapping and lawlessness.
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Venezuela recalls ambassador from Israel
Aug 3 2006 7:14PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he has withdrawn his country's ambassador from Israel to show his "indignation" over the military offensive in Lebanon.
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No update given on Castro's condition
Aug 3 2006 4:47PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's communist government provided no new information on Fidel Castro's condition Thursday but sought to reassure Cubans that nothing would change.
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Peru's president plans to fly commercial
Aug 3 2006 4:27PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - President Alan Garcia, who took office last week pledging to run a thriftier government than his predecessor, plans to travel by a commercial airline for the swearing-in of Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe, his spokesman said Thursday.
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Collective leadership possible in Cuba
Aug 3 2006 3:16PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - From his sickbed, Fidel Castro has set the stage for a more collective style of governance in a country long used to a single strongman, selecting six trusted comrades to run key projects while his brother acts as president and head of the Communist Party.
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Crime, unrest hurting tourism in Mexico
Aug 3 2006 3:01PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A human head washes up on an Acapulco beach. Protesters hassle visitors at makeshift checkpoints in the colonial city of Oaxaca. And in Mexico City, leftist demonstrators turn the tourist draws of Reforma Avenue and the Zocalo plaza into sprawling, ragtag protest camps.
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Jamaica hotel collapse kills 1, hurts 16
Aug 3 2006 2:56PM (CT)
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Firefighters searched for bodies or survivors Thursday after a part of a huge resort under construction in northern Jamaica collapsed, killing one worker and injuring 16, police said.
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Protesters disrupt Mexican stock market
Aug 3 2006 11:19AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Several hundred supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blocked the entrance to Mexico's stock market Thursday, pledging to continue disrupting life in the capital until a court rules on their demand for a vote-by-vote recount.
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