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Tropical Storm Gamma forms near Belize
Nov 18 2005 10:46PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Gamma _ the 24th storm of the busiest hurricane season on record _ formed Friday off the coast of Central America, and forecasters said it could threaten Florida by the beginning of next week, perhaps as a hurricane.
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Indians vow to protest in Colombia
Nov 18 2005 10:32PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Indians who have seized control of 18 large farms vowed Friday to stage protests across the country after land reform talks with President Alvaro Uribe ended without any agreements.
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Italy bill aims to help get women elected
Nov 18 2005 9:19PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - The Italian government proposed a bill Friday that aims to dramatically increase the number of women elected to Parliament in a country with one of the lowest percentage of female lawmakers in Europe.
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Colombians stay despite threat of volcano
Nov 18 2005 9:16PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Thousands of families living under the shadow of an active volcano in southwest Colombia have refused to abandon their homes and crops despite a mandatory evacuation order over fears of an imminent eruption, the region's governor said Friday.
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Peru renews state of emergency in jungle
Nov 18 2005 8:41PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The government renewed a state of emergency Friday in several isolated jungle and highland provinces amid reports of leftist rebel activity.
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Talking Chavez dolls popular in Venezuela
Nov 18 2005 8:02PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Shoppers at Venezuela's biggest mall are snapping up talking dolls of President Hugo Chavez and a merchant says they've become popular among supporters and foes alike.
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Venezuela to sell cheap oil to U.S. poor
Nov 18 2005 7:57PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela will soon begin selling heating oil at discount prices to poor communities in Boston and New York, following up on a promise by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's state oil company announced.
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Poor at risk after Central America rains
Nov 18 2005 6:35PM (CT)
PANABAJ, Guatemala (AP) - Francisca Xicay didn't just lose her home to rains that pounded Central America in early October. The 16-year-old also lost her meager source of income: hand-woven bracelets she sold to tourists, earning about $80 a month.
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Two bombs planted at banks in Mexico City
Nov 18 2005 5:37PM (CT)
TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) - Two bombs were planted Friday at branches of a Spanish-owned bank on the outskirts of Mexico City, the latest in a series of attacks against foreign financial institutions in recent years. One bomb failed to detonate and the other caused no injuries.
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Judge orders Pinochet to meet Contreras
Nov 18 2005 4:05PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A judge ordered Chile's former dictator, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, to meet privately Friday with the man who once ran his secret police after each blamed the other for human rights abuses.
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Castro dismisses reports of Parkinson's
Nov 18 2005 3:21PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro railed against corrupt workers he said have become the "new rich" in Cuba by stealing gasoline and other goods from the state and scoffed at reports of his failing health in a far-ranging speech that stretched into the early hours Friday.
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Cuba's Castro dismisses illness reports
Nov 18 2005 12:50AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A cheerful and fit-looking Fidel Castro scoffed at new reports of failing health, saying Thursday that he feels "better than ever." But he also promised to step down if he became too ill to govern.
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