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Nobelists may attend Bolivia inauguration
Dec 26 2005 10:53PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A former coca farmer and street protester expects to be surrounded by Nobel laureates, presidents and social activists when he assumes Bolivia's highest office Jan. 22.
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Chile court won't drop Pinochet charges
Dec 26 2005 6:43PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile's top court on Monday refused to drop charges against Gen. Augusto Pinochet in the disappearance of six dissidents during his military regime, and ruled that the former dictator must remain under house arrest.
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Kidnappings plague residents across Haiti
Dec 26 2005 2:18PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Quesnel Durosier walked out of a bank with $3,500 tucked into his sock, buoyed by thoughts of his upcoming wedding. Seconds later, a car cut him off, gunmen sprang out and shoved him into the car along with a woman passer-by. What followed was a nightmare of torture and death threats for these latest victims of a wave of attacks that has made impoverished Haiti the kidnapping capital of the Americas.
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American nun shuns luxury for Mexican jail
Dec 26 2005 4:04AM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - The cell at the end of the dark hallway barely fits a cot, a desk and a folding chair. This is home for Sister Antonia Brenner, an American nun who was raised in Beverly Hills but abandoned a life of privilege to live in a notorious Mexican jail.
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