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Cuban dissident Gustavo Arcos dies at 79
Aug 8 2006 10:15PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Gustavo Arcos Bergnes, who fought alongside Fidel Castro in the Cuban revolution but was later imprisoned as a dissident, died Tuesday, a close family friend said. He was 79.
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Alleged drug leader caught in Venezuela
Aug 8 2006 9:55PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan authorities said Tuesday they had captured the alleged head of an international drug trafficking group that was involved in a major cocaine smuggling operation earlier this year in France.
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Chile police clash with 2,000 students
Aug 8 2006 9:15PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Police used tear gas and water cannons Tuesday to disperse about 2,000 rock-throwing students seeking better equipment for 21 schools in the Santiago area.
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Colombia to evacuate citizens in Lebanon
Aug 8 2006 8:45PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia will send a plane to evacuate more than 100 of its citizens fleeing the fighting in Lebanon, a senator helping to organize the mission said Tuesday.
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Gunmen in Haiti kill Italian businessman
Aug 8 2006 8:15PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Gunmen in Haiti have killed an Italian businessman and kidnapped his wife, the latest victims of a wave of violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
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Poll: Brazil's president widens lead
Aug 8 2006 8:10PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has widened his lead over his main challenger ahead of October's election, according to a poll released Tuesday.
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Peru president backs death for predators
Aug 8 2006 7:46PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's president said Tuesday he will seek to establish the death penalty for sexual predators who kill children through an amendment to the constitution.
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Gang violence continues in Sao Paulo
Aug 8 2006 7:04PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Suspected gang members exchanged gunfire with police, hurled Molotov cocktails at banks and burned buses in and around Sao Paulo for a second day Tuesday, while battles between rival drug groups in Rio de Janeiro left at least 12 dead.
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Many Cubans believe Castro will be back
Aug 8 2006 5:22PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Official assurances that Fidel Castro will be back on his feet in a few weeks after intestinal surgery have trickled down to the street, where Cubans say the leader's time isn't up yet.
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Mexican cops fire in air during protests
Aug 8 2006 5:41AM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Police fired shots into the air Monday to clear more than 100 protesters from outside the state economy ministry, the latest incident in a wave of confrontations and protests that have driven many tourists out of this historic Mexican city.
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