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U.S. to ease some Guantanamo conditions
Aug 10 2005 10:35PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. military plans to ease conditions for some detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba _ housing them in a renovated section with televisions, stereos and a view of the Caribbean, the detention center's commanding officer said in court papers.
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Brazilian ex-minister being impeached
Aug 10 2005 9:46PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Impeachment proceedings began Wednesday against a federal legislator _ a former top Cabinet official _ in connection with a bribery scandal that has rocked President Luiz Inacio da Silva's Workers' Party, which prided itself on its ethical behavior.
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Witnesses: Haiti police kill 5 in raid
Aug 10 2005 9:42PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Police stormed a volatile slum in the capital Wednesday in an attack on well-armed gangs that witnesses said left at least five people dead _ including a pregnant woman and a teenage boy.
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Pinochet wife, son charged as accomplices
Aug 10 2005 6:52PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Gen. Augusto Pinochet's wife and younger son were arrested Wednesday and charged as accomplices in a tax evasion case linked to an investigation into the former dictator's multimillion dollar fortune overseas.
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Cuba celebrates overturned convictions
Aug 10 2005 6:37PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba applauded a U.S. federal appeals court decision to throw out the convictions and sentences of five Cuban intelligence agents, saying Wednesday that it was a "happy day" on the island.
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Brazil police scour through heist evidence
Aug 10 2005 6:35PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Police in northeastern Brazil on Wednesday examined fingerprints and scoured through evidence left behind by thieves who stole $67.8 million from a Central Bank vault in one of the world's biggest heists ever.
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Cuba wants U.S. to release five agents
Aug 10 2005 11:55AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Parliament Speaker Ricardo Alarcon called on the U.S. government to release five accused Cuban spies serving long prison terms after a U.S. federal appeals court threw out their convictions and sentences.
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