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Tropical storm downgraded to depression
Oct 25 2006 10:58PM (CT)
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Paul weakened to a tropical depression Wednesday as it swirled toward Mexico's mainland at the tip of the Baja California peninsula.
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Brazilian candidates trade barbs
Oct 25 2006 9:53PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president and the former governor trying to deny him a second term attacked each other Wednesday on the nation's economic future in their final campaign appearances before a runoff vote.
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Mexico criticized for canceling parade
Oct 25 2006 9:08PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - For more than 70 years, Mexico has commemorated its bloody 1910 revolution with a parade glorifying the country's athletes, who dive into pools, box in rings and perform other feats on floats.
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Suspected terrorists to face hearings
Oct 25 2006 8:14PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Fourteen high-profile suspected terrorists recently transferred to the Guantanamo detention center are expected to face hearings soon, military officials said Wednesday.
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Vote for Security Council seat stalled
Oct 25 2006 8:09PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The vote has been repeated _ over and over, 41 times _ and with each count, there is no winner in the diplomatic battle over Latin America's seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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U.S. seeks to limit detainees' contact
Oct 25 2006 8:06PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. government has proposed limiting contact between defense lawyers and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to court documents.
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Uribe refuses to show bombing evidence
Oct 25 2006 8:01PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday refused to offer evidence backing his claim that leftist rebels were behind last week's military university bombing, which prompted his decision to halt contacts with the guerrillas over a possible prisoner swap.
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Former Iran leader wanted in Argentina
Oct 25 2006 6:54PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine prosecutors asked a federal judge on Wednesday to order the arrest of former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani and seven others for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed scores of people.
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Pinochet attorney denies stash of gold
Oct 25 2006 5:26PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet may have stashed millions of dollars in gold in a Hong Kong bank, the government said Wednesday. Newspapers put the total at some $160 million, but a lawyer and spokesman for the former Chilean dictator denied it.
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British book thief spared jail time
Oct 25 2006 3:44PM (CT)
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - A librarian who stole hundreds of rare books to sell on the Internet, including prized 17th century volumes, was spared jail Wednesday by a judge who warned he had threatened his city's literary heritage.
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Protests erode law in Mexico's Oaxaca
Oct 25 2006 2:51PM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - With virtually no police in the streets, residents of this colonial town in rebellion are stepping in to fill the void _ often with brutal consequences.
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Brazil's farmers could decide election
Oct 25 2006 11:49AM (CT)
PULINOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) - Three years ago, farmers raced to plant more soybeans from Brazil's rolling southern hills all the way to the Amazon, profiting handsomely as the nation prepared to surpass the United States as the world's top soy producer.
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