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Guantanamo detainees going to new prison
Dec 7 2006 11:00PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The U.S. military transferred the first group of detainees on Thursday to a new maximum-security prison at Guantanamo Bay designed to restrict contact among the prisoners and prevent attacks on guards.
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Jamaica fights rare malaria outbreak
Dec 7 2006 10:05PM (CT)
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Crews sprayed pesticides and cleared stagnant water around the Jamaican capital Thursday as authorities fought the country's first malaria outbreak in 40 years.
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Colombian pact with militias in shambles
Dec 7 2006 6:28PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's peace pact with far-right militias is in shambles after the paramilitary warlords, incensed at being transferred to a maximum-security prison, broke off talks.
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8 people die during gang feud in Haiti
Dec 7 2006 4:27AM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least eight people were killed in a Haitian slum during a gang feud set off by the weekend murder of a police officer, a U.N. official said.
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Ex-rebel: Haiti failed to stem violence
Dec 7 2006 4:24AM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A former rebel leader who helped topple Haiti's first freely elected president criticized its newest one, accusing President Rene Preval's government of being soft on armed gangs and failing to stem a bloody tide of street violence.
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Mexico leader to help 100 poorest towns
Dec 7 2006 1:07AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Newly inaugurated President Felipe Calderon announced a program Wednesday to help Mexico's 100 poorest communities, responding to leftist critics who accuse the conservative leader of wanting to help only the rich.
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