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At least 3 Haitians shot during protest
Dec 12 2005 11:11PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Protesters angry over the treatment of Haitian migrants in neighboring Dominican Republic clashed with police during a visit by the Dominican president, and at least three people were wounded by gunshots.
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Mexicans honor Virgin of Guadalupe
Dec 12 2005 10:58PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Wearing long feather headdresses, Aztec-style dancers spun in circles to beating drums Monday as millions of worshippers converged on Mexico's Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe to honor Latin America's patron saint.
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Colombia's anti-abortion law challenged
Dec 12 2005 10:17PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A women's rights group challenged Colombia's strict anti-abortion law in a new lawsuit Monday, seeking to revive the issue days after the country's highest court decided not to rule on a previous lawsuit.
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Colombian fighters surrender arms, disband
Dec 12 2005 7:42PM (CT)
OTU, Colombia (AP) - About 2,000 right-wing paramilitary fighters, including a warlord considered a major drug trafficker by the United States, turned in weapons and helicopter gunships Monday in one of Colombia's largest disarmament ceremonies in years.
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Bolivian could be a 'nightmare' for U.S.
Dec 12 2005 3:03PM (CT)
CARACOLLO, Bolivia (AP) - As a little boy in Bolivia's bleak highlands, Evo Morales used to run behind buses to pick up the orange skins and banana peels passengers threw out the windows. Sometimes, he says, it was all he had to eat. Now, holding the lead ahead of Sunday's presidential election, he's threatening to be "a nightmare for the government of the United States."
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U.S. activists fast outside Guantanamo
Dec 12 2005 2:24PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - American activists camping out at a Cuban military checkpoint outside the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay started their first day of a water-only fast Monday to protest the treatment of suspected terrorists detained at the base.
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Quiroga wants to keep Bolivia markets free
Dec 12 2005 1:17PM (CT)
TIQUINA, Bolivia (AP) - Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, a conservative former president, is fighting an uphill election battle as he promises to keep Bolivia's markets free and pursue its war on cocaine.
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FBI probing American's death in Guyana
Dec 12 2005 12:42PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - FBI agents were called in Monday to help investigate the killing of an American consultant for the U.S. government's overseas aid agency whose bloodied body was found in his hotel room over the weekend.
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Socialist mom to face millionaire in Chile
Dec 12 2005 9:30AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A Socialist single mother will face a conservative millionaire in a presidential runoff next month after failing to win an outright majority in her bid to become Chile's first female leader.
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