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Colombia hijacker in wheelchair sentenced
Nov 11 2005 11:15PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A man in a wheelchair who hijacked a Colombian airliner using hand grenades was sentenced Friday to eight years of house arrest.
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Argentina protesters block vote on mayor
Nov 11 2005 10:44PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Protesters swarmed into the Buenos Aires city legislature early Friday and blocked lawmakers from voting on whether to seek their mayor's impeachment for a 2004 nightclub fire that claimed 194 lives.
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Man gets 6 years for Machu Picchu damage
Nov 11 2005 9:59PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A camera crane operator shooting a commercial at the Machu Picchu Inca ruins whose equipment tipped and chipped a stone sundial there has been sentenced to six years in prison, officials said Friday.
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Colombia's Uribe given green light to run
Nov 11 2005 8:42PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's highest court approved a law Friday that clears the way for popular President Alvaro Uribe to run for a second term next year.
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Parents happy for 'good ending' in Brazil
Nov 11 2005 8:22PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - The parents of a 17-year-old American exchange student found safe in Brazil four days after she went missing said Friday they were relieved with the "good ending."
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Missing Oregon girl's parents relieved
Nov 11 2005 1:14PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - The parents of a 17-year-old American exchange student who went missing last weekend thanked Brazilian authorities Friday and said they were relieved with the case's "good ending."
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Mexico charges seven cops with kidnapping
Nov 11 2005 5:05AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican prosecutors announced Thursday they have filed kidnapping and organize crime charges against seven police officers accused of protecting hit men working for the feared Tijuana-based Arellano Felix drug cartel.
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Trinidadian police arrest Islamic leader
Nov 11 2005 12:20AM (CT)
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidadian police have arrested an Islamic leader, whose group stormed Parliament 15 years ago and took the prime minister and his Cabinet hostage.
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