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Mexican judge releases two policemen
Dec 1 2006 10:49PM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Authorities have released two policemen arrested in the shooting death of American journalist Bradley Roland Will in southern Oaxaca state, citing a lack of evidence.
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Colombia transfers imprisoned warlords
Dec 1 2006 10:38PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Escorted by 500 armed soldiers and Black Hawk helicopters buzzing overhead, Colombia's government on Friday transferred 59 paramilitary warlords from a former holiday camp to a maximum-security prison. The government said it feared an escape plot.
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15 group members convicted in Paraguay
Dec 1 2006 10:38PM (CT)
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) - A court on Friday convicted and sentenced 15 members of a radical leftist group to prison for the kidnapping and murder of a former president's daughter, a spokeswoman said.
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Cuba readies military hardware for show
Dec 1 2006 9:47PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Communist Cuba's military is rolling out its olive green Soviet-era hardware this weekend, summoning 300,000 troops and citizen soldiers for a show of strength in times made uncertain by Fidel Castro's illness.
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Argentine judge: ex-Iran leader fugitive
Dec 1 2006 8:19PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A court on Friday declared former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani and eight others fugitives from justice in Argentina, where they are wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center.
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Bolivia workers strike to protest reform
Dec 1 2006 8:14PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Opposition leaders led a work stoppage in four Bolivian state capitals Friday to protest President Evo Morales' control of an assembly called to rewrite Bolivia's constitution, a centerpiece of his populist revolution.
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Calderon sworn in as Mexico's president
Dec 1 2006 5:28PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Felipe Calderon, protected by a scrum of sympathetic lawmakers, ignored catcalls and brawling lawmakers and rushed through the presidential oath of office in the congressional chamber Friday, a chaotic start to a term in which he pledged to heal a country divided by his narrow victory.
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Rebel ambush kills 17 Colombian soldiers
Dec 1 2006 4:47PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Guerrillas attacked an army patrol in northeastern Colombia, killing 17 soldiers and injuring four, the army said Friday.
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Chavez backers start drive to get voters
Dec 1 2006 4:12PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Recorded bugles blared from loudspeakers in city plazas Friday as President Hugo Chavez's party mobilized a get-out-the-vote campaign, handing out fliers and preparing fleets of motor scooters to ferry voters from slums to polling centers.
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Mexico finds another journalist slain
Dec 1 2006 12:29AM (CT)
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) - Police on Thursday found the bullet-ridden bodies of two men, including a missing journalist, just days after the body of another slain reporter was found in the area, authorities said.
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