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Morales seeks Bolivia leaders' support
Dec 28 2005 11:43PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President-elect Evo Morales has tried to gain crucial support from Bolivia's powerful business and civic leaders with a conciliatory meeting calculated to overcome widespread fears about the fiery leftist's economic policies.
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Chilean police book Gen. Augusto Pinochet
Dec 28 2005 11:23PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chilean police took fingerprints and mugs shots of Gen. Augusto Pinochet on Wednesday following his indictment for the killing and disappearance of nine dissidents during his dictatorship _ the first time he has had to submit to a police booking.
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500 attend plane crash victims' memorial
Dec 28 2005 9:09PM (CT)
NORTH BIMINI, Bahamas (AP) - Five hundred mourners attended a North Bimini memorial Wednesday to honor those killed when a plane crashed off Florida as it headed to this small Bahamian island, home to 11 of the victims.
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Colony members indicted on abuse charges
Dec 28 2005 8:25PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Two members of a secretive German colony in Chile were indicted on abuse allegations Wednesday in connection with the alleged torture of eight children.
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Brazilian inmates release 207 hostages
Dec 28 2005 3:44PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Rebellious inmates at a prison in Brazil's remote Amazon jungle ended a four-day uprising and released more than 200 hostages on Wednesday after authorities met their principal demand by returning one of their leaders from another prison.
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28 Colombian soldiers killed in ambush
Dec 28 2005 2:17AM (CT)
GRANADA, Colombia (AP) - Leftist rebels ambushed a group of soldiers Tuesday who were protecting civilians in southern Colombia, killing 28 in the deadliest rebel attack in a year marked by hundreds of military deaths, officials said.
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