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U.N. Council extends Haiti peackeeping
Aug 15 2006 10:23PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for six months and urged its troops and police to help fight gang violence and kidnapping.
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Venezuela threatens to nationalize CANTV
Aug 15 2006 10:21PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday threatened to nationalize Venezuela's largest telecommunications company if it does not comply with a court order to make owed pension payments.
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Colombian paramilitary leader disarms
Aug 15 2006 9:49PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The last major paramilitary leader to enter into a peace deal with the government handed in his weapon Tuesday, even as the future of that fragile accord was called into doubt by other ex-milita leaders.
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Celebrity candidates chided in Ecuador
Aug 15 2006 9:11PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The president of Ecuador's Congress on Tuesday chided the nation's political parties for nominating celebrity candidates, including a former beauty queen, to run in October elections.
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Mexico election protesters vow 'siege'
Aug 15 2006 8:40PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Supporters of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged Tuesday to place conservative Felipe Calderon "under siege" if he is declared the winner of the disputed presidential elections.
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Video of frail Castro sobers Cubans
Aug 15 2006 8:35PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The government video of a weakened Fidel Castro convalescing in bed brought a home a growing awareness to many Cubans on Tuesday that neither he nor the country will likely be the same again.
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Former Paraguayan dictator 'fragile'
Aug 15 2006 4:34PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Former Paraguayan dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner has dropped to under 100 pounds and is in fragile condition in the intensive care ward of a Brazilian hospital, doctors said Tuesday.
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Brazilian presidential hopefuls debate
Aug 15 2006 3:15AM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who holds a commanding lead in the polls, was conspicuously absent from the first debate of presidential candidates ahead of Brazil's Oct. 1 elections.
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