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2 witnesses missing in Argentina trial
Dec 28 2006 11:36PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A key witness in the trial of an ex-officer charged with torture during Argentina's military dictatorship has gone missing, officials said Thursday.
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Guyana's most wanted fugitive shot dead
Dec 28 2006 10:38PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Police said Thursday they shot and killed Guyana's most wanted fugitive after he refused to surrender when they tracked him to his father's house in Georgetown.
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U.S. praises Mexico for extraditions
Dec 28 2006 10:29PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza praised Mexico on Thursday for extraditing what he called "a record number" of fugitives to the United States in 2006, noting that Mexico sent 63 suspects north to face justice.
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Reid seeks better U.S.-Bolivia relations
Dec 28 2006 10:10PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A delegation of six U.S. senators led by incoming Majority Leader Harry Reid met Thursday with Bolivian President Evo Morales, seeking to smooth relations with the South American country's left-leaning government.
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Brazilian drug gangs' attacks kill 19
Dec 28 2006 9:46PM (CT)
ir RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Drug gangs set fire to buses and opened fire on police stations and posts around Rio de Janeiro early Thursday in a wave of violence that killed 19 people and wounded 21, the state's top law enforcement officer said.
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Train slams into bus in Mexico; 22 dead
Dec 28 2006 9:33PM (CT)
CUAUTITLAN, Mexico (AP) - A freight train slammed into a passenger bus and dragged it down the tracks in central Mexico on Thursday, killing 22 people and injuring 14, police said.
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Venezuela won't renew RCTV's license
Dec 28 2006 9:25PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela will not renew the license of an opposition-aligned TV station when it expires next year, President Hugo Chavez said Thursday, accusing the broadcaster of backing plots to topple him.
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Colombian paramilitary leader killed
Dec 28 2006 8:32PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Gunmen shot and killed a paramilitary leader as he was dining at a restaurant in the western Colombian city of Medellin, police said Thursday. Jaime Andres Angarita, 33, was considered the right-hand man of warlord Salvatore Mancuso, the architect of a 2003 peace deal with the government that has led to the demobilization of 31,000 militia fighters.
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Peru's Humala denies role in '05 siege
Dec 28 2006 8:25PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's ex-presidential candidate Ollanta Humala vowed Thursday to defend himself against charges that he masterminded his brother's deadly 2005 takeover of a police station, calling the allegations a "judicial smearing."
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Bolivia asks U.S. for help with deportee
Dec 28 2006 6:32PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Havana will not accept a Cuban dissident set to be deported from Bolivia for criticizing President Evo Morales' close ties to the island nation, the government said Thursday.
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Colombia port city is battleground
Dec 28 2006 1:18PM (CT)
BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) - In a slum church fortified by steel doors, the Rev. Ricardo Londono teaches children music, hoping to steer them away from becoming killers.
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