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Judge probing Pinochet fortune suspended
Aug 29 2006 10:53PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - An appeals court effectively suspended a legal probe into the source of former dictator Augusto Pinochet's foreign fortune on Tuesday by temporarily removing the judge handling the case.
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Hurricane John's outer bands lash Mexico
Aug 29 2006 10:37PM (CT)
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane John's outer bands lashed western Mexico Tuesday night as the powerful Category 3 storm threatened to flood coastal areas and ruin vacations at some Pacific resorts.
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Mexican government mediating in Oaxaca
Aug 29 2006 10:15PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Striking teachers and state officials finished their first day of federally mediated negotiations Tuesday without an agreement to end the violence that has driven tourists away from the colonial city of Oaxaca for more than three months.
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Guyana's two main parties "neck to neck"
Aug 29 2006 9:39PM (CT)
2 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyana's top two political parties were in a close race for the presidency and control of the parliament, authorities said Tuesday as they gathered ballots from the South American country's jungle interior.
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Chavez says Syria, Venezuela united
Aug 29 2006 9:35PM (CT)
1 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday his government is united with Syria in strong opposition to the U.S. government's "imperialistic" aggression in the Middle East.
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Caracas takes golf courses for housing
Aug 29 2006 8:51PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Three major Caracas golf courses, long favored by the city's wealthy, are being expropriated to build housing for thousands of poor and middle class Venezuelans, officials said Tuesday.
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Bolivia panel delays Constitution vote
Aug 29 2006 8:05PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - The assembly rewriting Bolivia's constitution, bogged down by infighting, delayed voting Tuesday on a motion supported by the president that would give it supreme authority to draw up a new framework without having to answer to Congress or the courts.
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Guatemala suspends rights over drugs
Aug 29 2006 7:24PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - The Guatemalan government announced Tuesday that it had suspended some constitutional rights in five cities along Mexico's border as it cracks down on drug growers and traffickers in the remote region.
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Gunmen kill 8 in Guatemalan pool hall
Aug 29 2006 5:54PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Gunmen opened fire with assault rifles in a Guatemala pool hall, killing eight people including a 17-year-old boy, officials said Tuesday.
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Ernesto kills at least 2 in Haiti
Aug 29 2006 4:47PM (CT)
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) - Tropical Storm Ernesto killed at least two people in Haiti, but otherwise let the Caribbean off relatively easy before heading north for Florida on Tuesday.
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Mexico leftist to create parallel gov't
Aug 29 2006 4:12PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recognize the apparent victory of the ruling party's Felipe Calderon.
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Brazil's Silva maps plan for 2nd term
Aug 29 2006 2:40PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - An energized President Luiz Inacio Silva on Tuesday promised renewed economic growth for the masses of poor in Latin America's largest nation, mapping out a blueprint for his second term amid strong signs he could soundly defeat his main opponent in October elections.
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