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Reid: U.S. seeks good ties with Ecuador
Dec 29 2006 11:45PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that the United States wants to strengthen relations with Ecuador's leftist President-elect Rafael Correa and respects his intention to not extend the U.S. military's use of a coastal base.
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Missing Argentine trial witness found
Dec 29 2006 11:43PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A key witness in a human rights trial stemming from Argentina's military dictatorship was found beaten Friday, two days after he went missing.
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Castro once advised Morales to shun arms
Dec 29 2006 11:40PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales said Friday that his close ally Fidel Castro once advised him to shun arms for his populist cause and change Bolivia through democratic means.
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Haiti's leader: Cancer has not returned
Dec 29 2006 10:54PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitian President Rene Preval said Friday after undergoing tests in Cuba that his prostate cancer has not returned.
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Driver arrested in Mexico bus crash
Dec 29 2006 9:37PM (CT)
CUAUTITLAN, Mexico (AP) - The driver of a bus that crashed into a freight train _ killing 22 people _ has been arrested on suspicion of homicide, Mexican prosecutors said Friday.
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Guatemalan leader vows to revive reforms
Dec 29 2006 8:44PM (CT)
i GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatamala's president pledged to revive constitutional reforms promised in peace deals that ended the country's civil war a decade ago Friday, saying Guatemalans must conquer the social inequalities that helped give rise to the conflict.
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Ex-Chilean agents sentenced for killings
Dec 29 2006 5:47PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Thirteen former dictatorship-era security agents were sentenced Friday to prison terms ranging from five to 18 years for four killings committed in revenge for the bloody 1986 assassination attempt of dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
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Reid seeks better U.S.-Bolivia relations
Dec 29 2006 12:20AM (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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