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Chavez meets top Colombian rebel leader
Nov 16 2007 7:57PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he met with a top leader of Colombia's second-largest rebel group as he seeks to help revive peace negotiations between the guerrillas and Colombia's government.
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Charges likely in Puerto Rico pet deaths
Nov 16 2007 4:45PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Puerto Rico prosecutor indicated criminal charges will be filed in the slaughter of dozens of dogs and cats seized last month from housing projects and allegedly thrown from a bridge _ an incident that generated worldwide public outrage.
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Town hopes to recover from Chile quake
Nov 16 2007 3:12PM (CT)
QUILLAGUA, Chile (AP) - Residents of this tiny desert town expressed hope Friday that their first visit ever by a Chilean president will spur recovery after a huge earthquake damaged dozens of homes.
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Guyana claims Venezuela blew up dredges
Nov 16 2007 3:08PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyana rushed troops and police to its western border Friday after Venezuelan soldiers allegedly blew up two Guyanese gold-mining dredges on a river near the frontier, the foreign ministry said.
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Cuban Gen. del Valle dies
Nov 16 2007 12:38PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Gen. Sergio del Valle Jimenez, a doctor in Fidel Castro's rebel army in the late 1950s and army chief of staff during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, has died, state media reported Friday.
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Brazil eyes nuclear sub to defend oil
Nov 16 2007 12:36PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - This month's discovery of a monster offshore oil reserve justifies Brazil's plan to build a nuclear submarine because it would be used to protect the find, the defense minister said.
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Powerful quake on Peru-Ecuador border
Nov 16 2007 2:32AM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A powerful earthquake shook the border region of Ecuador and Peru late Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.
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