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Pinochet mourners boo Chilean official
Dec 12 2006 10:15PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Bitter divisions over the memory of Gen. Augusto Pinochet surfaced at his military funeral Tuesday, as mourners booed the defense minister who denied the dictator a state funeral and cheered Pinochet's grandson for justifying the bloody coup that ousted an elected president more than 30 years ago.
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U.N. panel to probe Guatemala mob crime
Dec 12 2006 8:28PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N.-backed commission was established Tuesday to investigate rampant organized crime in Guatemala, which authorities say has become a key point of transit for smugglers bringing drugs into the United States.
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Mexico cracking down in drug stronghold
Dec 12 2006 3:39PM (CT)
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) - Thousands of troops rolled into a key Mexican drug stronghold Tuesday to set fire to marijuana and opium fields and round up traffickers, sent by President Felipe Calderon to restore order in a region where smugglers have defied authorities with beheadings and large-scale drug production.
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Man beheads woman in St. Vincent
Dec 12 2006 2:27PM (CT)
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) - A 21-year-old woman was beheaded in front of horrified onlookers at a bus terminal in this Caribbean nation's capital, police said Tuesday.
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Brazil family burned to death in robbery
Dec 12 2006 1:29PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A couple and their 5-year-old son were tied up, locked in their car and burned to death during a robbery in southeastern Brazil, police said Tuesday.
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