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Venezuela crash probe focuses on engines
Aug 17 2005 10:22PM (CT)
MACHIQUES, Venezuela (AP) - Investigators lifted scraps of metal and crouched among charred trees Wednesday, searching for victims' remains while trying to piece together what could have caused both engines to fail in Venezuela's deadliest air disaster.
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104 missing after boat sinks in Pacific
Aug 17 2005 9:56PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A small boat overloaded with 113 illegal immigrants capsized and sank in rough waters off Colombia's Pacific coast, officials said Wednesday. Only nine survivors were found, their faces scorched with sunburn after two days spent clinging to a wooden box, buoys and a gasoline container.
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U.S. withdraws proposed passport deadline
Aug 17 2005 8:57PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The United States has withdrawn a proposed December deadline for implementing new rules that would require Americans to show passports when returning from the Caribbean, an official said Wednesday.
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Envoy's remark riles Mexican government
Aug 17 2005 7:32PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza's comment that he briefly closed a consulate partly to punish Mexico's government for border violence drew a sharp response Wednesday from the Mexican government.
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Grief hits across Martinique after crash
Aug 17 2005 5:53PM (CT)
LAMENTIN, Martinique (AP) - Wails of grief echoed through the airport on this French Caribbean island for a second straight day Wednesday as people who lost family in the crash of a charter jet in Venezuela returned for a memorial service.
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100 missing after boat sinks in Pacific
Aug 17 2005 1:23PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - An Ecuadorean boat carrying illegal immigrants sank off the coast of Colombia, and more than 100 people were reported missing, the Colombian navy said Wednesday.
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Colombian airline says its planes are safe
Aug 17 2005 5:25AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The small Colombian airline whose plane crashed in Venezuela, killing 160 people, has a track record of mechanical and financial problems, but airline officials insisted they do not cut corners when it comes to safety.
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