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Oaxaca state police offices searched
Dec 8 2006 11:23PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - More than 250 federal police agents surrounded the offices of the Oaxaca state police force and seized its weapons Friday to determine whether any were used in shootings during six months of demonstrations in Oaxaca City, federal authorities said.
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27 inmates still free after Cancun riot
Dec 8 2006 10:41PM (CT)
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - More than 100 prisoners escaped from a state penitentiary early Friday after hundreds of inmates overpowered guards with knives and bats. Police quickly recaptured most of the men.
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U.S. denies threat on Haitian aid, visas
Dec 8 2006 10:29PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The U.S. Embassy on Friday denied that Haiti's government was threatened with the suspension of aid and travel visas if it tried to block the United States from deporting convicted Haitian criminals back to their homeland.
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Pilots in Brazil crash leave for U.S.
Dec 8 2006 7:37PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Police on Friday formally accused two U.S. pilots in connection with Brazil's deadliest air disaster, saying their "lack of caution" at the controls of an executive jet played a role in the collision over the Amazon that killed 154 people.
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Ex-Mexican president too ill for tests
Dec 8 2006 5:54PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A former Mexican president accused of genocide was unable Friday to undergo a court-mandated psychological evaluation because of his poor health, his lawyer said.
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Pinochet moved from intensive care unit
Dec 8 2006 10:46AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been moved from a hospital's intensive care unit as he recovers from a heart attack, officials said Friday.
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Bolivia's Morales eye middle way on coca
Dec 8 2006 9:33AM (CT)
CARANAVI, Bolivia (AP) - Since taking office in January, Bolivian President Evo Morales has tried to hold onto millions of dollars in U.S. aid contingent on the eradication of coca, without losing the support of its growers. But keeping both sides happy has proved difficult.
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Guantanamo detainees going to new prison
Dec 8 2006 6:05AM (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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Court: Mexico can't screen political ads
Dec 8 2006 4:15AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot screen political or campaign ads for negative content, overturning a state electoral law.
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