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U.S. relations won't stop if Correa wins
Oct 26 2006 11:57PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's leftist presidential candidate said after a meeting with the U.S. ambassador on Thursday that he will not break off relations with Washington if he wins his country's Nov. 26 runoff election.
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Tropical Storm Paul floods Mexico
Oct 26 2006 11:22PM (CT)
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico (AP) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Paul made landfall on Mexico's mainland Thursday, triggering floods that caused mostly superficial damage to 5,000 houses, officials said.
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Earthquake rattles Peruvian coast
Oct 26 2006 10:27PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 rattled Peru's southern coast Thursday, sending residents of one city scurrying into the streets but apparently causing no damage or injuries.
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Brazil's president takes lead in polls
Oct 26 2006 9:41PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a wide lead over challenger Geraldo Alckmin heading into Sunday's runoff election, according to polls released Thursday.
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Colombian gov't, rebels agree on talks
Oct 26 2006 9:35PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - The Colombian government and the country's second-largest rebel group agreed Thursday to launch a formal peace process, marking the latest step in a slow, laborious effort to address deep differences between the two sides.
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Teachers in Mexican state end strike
Oct 26 2006 9:17PM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Teachers in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca voted Thursday to end a five-month-old strike, allowing 1.3 million children to return to classes and potentially taking the sting out of anti-government protests besieging this historic city.
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Mexican president criticizes U.S. fence
Oct 26 2006 9:06PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's president sharply criticized President Bush's signing Thursday of a bill to build 700 miles of additional fencing on its southern border, calling the move an "embarrassment."
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Bus crash in Peruvian Andes kills 20
Oct 26 2006 8:56PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - At least 20 people were killed and 12 others were injured Thursday when a passenger bus crashed down an embankment in Peru's southern Andes, police said.
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Bank says Pinochet documents forgeries
Oct 26 2006 7:17PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Documents allegedly showing former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet stashed a huge gold fortune at a bank in Hong Kong have turned out to be forgeries, the Chilean office of HSBC bank said Thursday.
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Nicaraguan Congress bans all abortions
Oct 26 2006 3:42PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Nicaragua's Congress voted Thursday to ban all abortions, including those that could save a mother's life.
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Brazil's landless lean toward incumbent
Oct 26 2006 1:48PM (CT)
NOVA IGUACU, Brazil (AP) - Eighty landless families seized farmland six years ago and named it the "Promised Land," joining hundreds of thousands across Brazil who have taken land reform into their own hands with the support of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Remnants of tropical storm soak Mexico
Oct 26 2006 10:35AM (CT)
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico (AP) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Paul soaked Mexico's mainland Thursday, but the storm was forecast to dissipate quickly.
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Bolivian uprising still an open wound
Oct 26 2006 4:08AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Three years later, the Black October protests that helped propel President Evo Morales to power are an open wound for Bolivians demanding justice for those killed.
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