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Ernesto lashes Haiti's southern coast
Aug 27 2006 11:04PM (CT)
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - Ernesto became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday then weakened to a tropical storm as it lashed Haiti's southern coast with heavy rain and flooded homes in the impoverished country.
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60 students robbed at school in Brazil
Aug 27 2006 9:34PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Two armed men held some 60 students for several minutes while robbing a school in the outskirts of Brazil's biggest city, authorities said Sunday.
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Leftist candidate wins in Chiapas state
Aug 27 2006 5:43PM (CT)
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) - A leftist candidate won the governor's race in Mexico's volatile southernmost state of Chiapas, edging out a hopeful backed by President Vicente Fox's party by about 6,300 votes, electoral officials said Sunday.
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Ernesto becomes Category 1 hurricane
Aug 27 2006 6:28AM (CT)
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The first hurricane of the Atlantic season steamed through the central Caribbean toward Haiti on Sunday, threatening to enter the Gulf of Mexico as an even stronger storm.
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Gunmen kidnap, release Haitian lawmaker
Aug 27 2006 1:53AM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Gunmen kidnapped and briefly held a Haitian legislator before releasing him unharmed, local radio reported Saturday.
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Chavez: Venezuela's U.N. bid thriving
Aug 27 2006 12:38AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country is gaining broad support in its bid for a U.N. Security Council seat, even as the United States tries to persuade governments to vote against Venezuela.
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Peru's ex-spy chief sentenced to 6 years
Aug 27 2006 12:06AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's jailed ex-intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos has been sentenced to six years in prison for using government money to fund former President Alberto Fujimori's 2000 re-election campaign.
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