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Colombian paramilitary commanders jailed
Aug 16 2006 5:29PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian police arrested the top leaders of a paramilitary group on Wednesday for violating the terms of a peace accord that has led to the demobilization of 30,000 right-wing fighters.
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Former Paraguayan dictator dies at 93
Aug 16 2006 4:30PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay for decades with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in 1989, died in exile on Wednesday. He was 93.
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Colombia shakes up some military posts
Aug 16 2006 11:47AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe has named a new head of the armed forces and retained a loyal army chief despite recent scandals that prompted speculation he would be fired, Colombia's defense minister announced Tuesday.
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U.S.-supplied planes spray Colombia coca
Aug 16 2006 2:52AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Despite environmental concerns, Colombian authorities have for the first time used U.S.-supplied planes to spray a pristine national park where leftist rebels have grown coca _ the raw ingredient for cocaine.
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Video of frail Castro sobers Cubans
Aug 16 2006 1:04AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The government video of a weakened Fidel Castro convalescing in bed brought 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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3 Mexican fishermen rescued in Pacific
Aug 16 2006 12:42AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Three Mexican fishermen who claim they set out months ago from Mexico's western coast have been rescued near the Marshall Islands _ 5,500 miles to the west _ after surviving on rain water and raw fish.
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