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58 walk away from Peruvian plane crash
Aug 24 2005 10:42PM (CT)
PUCALLPA, Peru (AP) - Trudging through knee-deep mud in a hail storm, at least 58 people managed to escape a flaming Peruvian airliner that splintered as it crash-landed in the Amazon jungle, killing 37. One aviation expert called it a "miracle" that so many walked away.
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Aruba judge to network: Don't show suspect
Aug 24 2005 10:04PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - A judge on Wednesday ordered a U.S. television network not to broadcast footage from a tour of an Aruban jail that shows the suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
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Colombian possibly tied to FARC arrested
Aug 24 2005 10:03PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian police arrested a Colombian man Wednesday accused of being an unofficial ambassador for Colombia's largest rebel group.
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Retiree's films trigger drug raid
Aug 24 2005 9:39PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - An 80-year-old woman filmed drug traffickers near her Copacabana beach apartment for two years and delivered 22 films to police, triggering a massive raid against a slum drug gang, officials said Wednesday.
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Agreement on Ecuador oil crisis delayed
Aug 24 2005 9:08PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Negotiators seeking to end a 10-day demonstration that idled Ecuador's oil industry have made substantial progress, but the demand by the leaders of the protests that they not be prosecuted remains unsolved, Interior Minister Mauro Gandara said Wednesday.
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Seven dead after storm lashes Uruguay
Aug 24 2005 8:59PM (CT)
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Strong thunderstorms rolled through Uruguay and Argentina, slowing air traffic, felling trees and leaving at least eight people dead, authorities said.
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Mexico traffickers said corrupting agents
Aug 24 2005 8:45PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The corrupt influence of drug traffickers, long a problem in Mexico's police forces, has been spreading into the top federal investigative agency, the country's attorney general acknowledged Wednesday.
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U.S. vows to defeat Colombia traffickers
Aug 24 2005 7:02PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday hailed an extradition pact that has sent hundreds of Colombians to the U.S. for trial, declaring that no drug trafficker is beyond the reach of American justice.
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Ex-Nicaragua leader to be tried in Fla.
Aug 24 2005 5:51PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Ex-Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman faces civil trial in the United States over allegations he purchased U.S. bank certificates with money stolen from Nicaragua's government, the American Embassy said Wednesday.
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Chavez now in the international spotlight
Aug 24 2005 4:46PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A call for the U.S. to assassinate Hugo Chavez is playing into the Venezuelan leader's political hands, bolstering his claim that Washington wants to kill him, putting him in the international limelight and probably boosting his popularity at home.
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Jailed Haitian priest may run for office
Aug 24 2005 4:12PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A jailed Roman Catholic priest says he is waiting for the backing of deposed leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide before he decides to run for president in the fall.
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Martinique jet crash victims mourned
Aug 24 2005 3:27PM (CT)
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) - French President Jacques Chirac and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joined thousands of mourners Wednesday in a service for those killed when a charter jet crashed in Venezuela.
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Venezuela vice president slams Robertson
Aug 24 2005 3:48AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela condemned American religious broadcaster Pat Robertson for suggesting President Hugo Chavez should be killed, saying he committed a crime that is punishable in the United States.
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