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U.S. works to defuse spat with Venezuela
Aug 25 2006 10:57PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Washington formally protested Friday against Venezuela's seizure of cargo from a U.S. Embassy convoy while Venezuela defended the action, alleging it was an incident of smuggling that flagrantly violated diplomatic protocol.
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Businessmen threaten shutdown in Oaxaca
Aug 25 2006 10:45PM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Business owners pledged on Friday to hold a one day strike to demand the government resolve a three-month protest by striking teachers that has cut into tourism and other commercial activity in this colonial city.
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Brazilian drug users won't face jail
Aug 25 2006 10:22PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Drug users who don't engage in dealing will no longer be sent to prison under a new drug law now in effect across Brazil, officials said Friday.
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El Salvador moves embassy in Israel
Aug 25 2006 9:55PM (CT)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador will move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, saying Friday it had made the decision following a U.N. cease-fire resolution on the conflict in Lebanon that sought to promote greater security in the Middle East. The move marked the closure of the last foreign mission left in the Israeli capital.
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Rescued Mexican fishermen return home
Aug 25 2006 9:52PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Three fishermen who claim they survived nine months adrift in the Pacific Ocean returned home Friday and denied reports they might be drug smugglers who made up their account to avoid prosecution.
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Chavez made a second visit with Castro
Aug 25 2006 5:54PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that he made a second visit to his ailing ally, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, before arriving in China this week.
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Colombians pressure paramilitary leader
Aug 25 2006 2:50PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Authorities were pressuring a top paramilitary commander Friday to surrender and face allegations he ordered hit men to kill his warlord brother, a founder of the right-wing militia and one of the most famous figures in Colombia's four-decade civil war.
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