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Brazilians storm runway in delay protest
Dec 27 2006 10:39PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian travelers incensed about an overbooked flight stormed a runway Wednesday to prevent a commercial jet from taking off, and a tourism industry leader said two months of chronic flight delays have been a "disaster" for tourism.
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Colombian rebels free 2 kidnapped cops
Dec 27 2006 10:37PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's second-largest rebel group on Wednesday released two police officers taken hostage earlier this month, a move that could revive slow-moving peace talks with the government.
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Peru's Humala charged in armed takeover
Dec 27 2006 10:28PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has been charged with masterminding his brother's deadly 2005 armed takeover of a police station, a state attorney said Wednesday.
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Cuba slams Costa Rican leader's remarks
Dec 27 2006 8:04PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba blasted Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on Wednesday for comparing Fidel Castro to the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, claiming Arias does the bidding of the U.S. government.
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Ecuador names 1st female defense chief
Dec 27 2006 6:23PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - President-elect Rafael Correa appointed seven women to his Cabinet on Wednesday, including Ecuador's first female defense minister, saying he wanted to promote gender equality in his South American nation.
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Brazil transfixed by 4th anorexia death
Dec 27 2006 1:21PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - The struggle for food has long been a drama for millions of impoverished Brazilians. But these days the nation is transfixed by another sort of starvation: anorexia among the successful and well off.
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Illegal migrant arrests down in U.S.
Dec 27 2006 6:00AM (CT)
NOGALES, Mexico (AP) - Arrests of illegal migrants along the U.S.-Mexican border have dropped by more than a third since U.S. National Guard troops started helping with border security, suggesting that fewer people may be trying to cross.
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