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Five agents accused in drug case released
Dec 2 2005 11:28PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Five federal agents arrested in connection with the videotaped torture and killing of drug hitmen have been released from prison for lack of evidence, the Mexico City government said Friday.
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Communist Cuba's military marks 49 years
Dec 2 2005 11:14PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Communist Cuba's military marked 49 years Friday, celebrating military successes during the Cold War before assuming a newer mission to bolster the island's post-Soviet economy.
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U.S. denies role in Venezuela vote boycott
Dec 2 2005 10:48PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A U.S. official on Friday denied claims by President Hugo Chavez that Washington masterminded an opposition boycott of this weekend's elections and was trying to foment an overthrow of his leftist government.
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Haiti gunmen free children, missionary
Dec 2 2005 7:42PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Gunmen have released 14 Haitian children and an American missionary who were abducted in separate incidents, police said Friday.
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Faction of militia in Colombia to disarm
Dec 2 2005 7:31PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Several hundred members of a right-wing paramilitary militia that held sway for years over much of Colombia's coffee-growing region have agreed to lay down their arms in exchange for a government amnesty, officials said Friday.
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Bolivia commander takes blame for missiles
Dec 2 2005 6:06PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's army commander took responsibility Friday for sending 28 surface-to-air missiles to the United States for deactivation, a scandal that has become a focus of campaigning for the Dec. 18 presidential elections.
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Activists claim police ignore Brazil slums
Dec 2 2005 5:06PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Police contribute to violence in Brazil's slums, barely keeping a presence except for raids that endanger innocent lives, Amnesty International said in a report released Friday.
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No winner yet in Honduran election
Dec 2 2005 4:39PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Officials still hadn't declared Honduras' new president Friday, five days after the country's contentious election.
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Chilean court refuses to release Pinochet
Dec 2 2005 4:37PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A Chilean appeals court Friday turned down a request by lawyers for Gen. Augusto Pinochet to release him from house arrest or drop human rights charges against him, the latest in a string of defeats for the aging former dictator.
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Nicaraguan front-runner doesn't worry U.S.
Dec 2 2005 12:09PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Herty Lewites has been a gunrunner. He served in a Soviet-backed government that was virtually at war with the United States. He even spent time in a U.S. federal prison.
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Epsilon takes turn away from Bermuda
Dec 2 2005 5:12AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Epsilon turned farther away from Bermuda on Friday, but it could still cause dangerous surf conditions, forecasters said.
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