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Report: Six die in Mexico prison riot
Dec 17 2005 9:33PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Six people were stabbed or battered to death during a prison gang fight on Saturday in Ciudad Juarez, across the U.S. border from El Paso, Texas, a Mexican newspaper reported.
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Rebels kill 5 police officers in Colombia
Dec 17 2005 8:50PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attacked a tiny village in western Colombia on Saturday, killing at least five police officers and kidnapping six others, top government officials said.
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Guantanamo inmate tries suicide again
Dec 17 2005 8:36PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A detainee at the U.S. prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay pulled stitches out of his arm this week in what was at least his tenth suicide attempt, the Justice Department said.
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Bolivian candidates differ sharply
Dec 17 2005 2:59PM (CT)
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivians are polarized between presidential candidates offering sharply different visions going into an election Sunday that could fortify South America's tilt to the left and deal a blow to U.S. anti-drug efforts in this Andean nation.
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Mexico criticizes U.S. immigration bill
Dec 17 2005 1:11AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government slammed the U.S. Congress for approving an immigration bill that would tighten border controls and make it harder for undocumented immigrants to get jobs.
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Ecuadorean woman, 116, is world's oldest
Dec 17 2005 12:51AM (CT)
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) - At 100 years old, she became bedridden and so weakened from a stomach ailment that a priest administered last rites. But Maria Esther de Capovilla recovered, and 16 years later she has become the oldest person on Earth, according to Guinness World Records.
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