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Chile formally recognizes Honduran government
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:17:46 GMT
AP - Chile is formally recognizing the government of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo a year after a coup ousted his predecessor.
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Venezuela sends troops to Colombian border: Chavez
(AFP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:19:08 GMT
 AFP - President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Venezuela has deployed military units and troops to the Colombian border, because outgoing President Alvaro Uribe is "capable of anything," as a row escalates between the two.
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Mexico's TV channel cancels show after kidnappings
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:42:09 GMT
AP - Mexico's biggest television network canceled a popular news show to protest the kidnapping of four reporters, abductions that media advocates called an escalation of a campaign by drug gangs to control information.
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Castro accuses US of torture in 'Cuban Five' case
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:26:09 GMT
 AP - Fidel Castro accused U.S. authorities of torturing a convicted Cuban spy, telling a meeting of communist youths that the agent had been placed in solitary confinement in California.
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Fidel Castro says U.S. mistreating convicted spies
(Reuters)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:57:22 GMT
 Reuters - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday stepped up criticism of the United States over its treatment of five Cuban agents imprisoned for more than a decade for spying and said one of them was in a cell so small it amounted to torture.
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Chavez: Venezuela has deployed troops amid spat
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:55:10 GMT
AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said he has deployed troops and air units in case of a conflict with neighboring Colombia.
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Chavez deploys military units in Colombia row
(Reuters)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:24:14 GMT
 Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said he deployed military units to repel a possible attack after Colombia claimed last week his country harbored leftist rebels, but said he hoped to mend ties soon.
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Kingpin's death could mean more violence in Mexico
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:59:22 GMT
 AP - One of the world's most powerful drug cartels took a major hit when soldiers killed a top kingpin in a gunbattle, and his death will likely will mean more violence as factions fight for the cocaine and methamphetamine empire that he left behind.
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Venezuela moves troops to Colombian border: Chavez
(AFP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:49:12 GMT
 AFP - President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Venezuela has deployed military units and infantry to the border with Colombia, because its outgoing President Alvaro Uribe is "capable of anything."
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China FM signs cooperation deal in Mexico
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:57:15 GMT
 AFP - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi signed on Friday a four-year cooperation accord with Mexico aimed at boosting political and economic ties.
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Chile general convicted in 1974 murders blames CIA
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:41:53 GMT
AP - The former chief of Chile's feared secret police who was convicted in the 1974 assassination of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's biggest enemy in exile says the CIA committed the crime.
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U.S. downgrades its air safety rating for Mexico
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:39:41 GMT
Reuters - The U.S. government on Friday downgraded Mexico's aviation safety rating, which restricts new service to U.S. cities and limits airlines ability to carry out marketing agreements.
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Suspect in 2 Panama killings eluded police in US
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:15:59 GMT
 AP - A North Carolina man accused of killing two Americans in Panama was married with three kids, living a successful life with a lucrative landscaping business and a beautiful mountain home.
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FAA downgrades Mexico's air safety rating
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:14:25 GMT
AP - Mexico's aviation safety rating was downgraded Friday due to concerns about the country's safety oversight, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Mexico kills drug kingpin in raid, US shutters consulate
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:01 GMT
 AFP - Mexican soldiers gunned down a top drug lord in a rare victory against the country's brutal cartels, as the US consulate in the blood-soaked border region closed Friday for security reasons.
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US investigates threats against Mexican consulate
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:49:39 GMT
 AP - The U.S. State Department said Friday it is evaluating threats surrounding the consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez as hundreds with appointments for visa applications and other services stood outside the shuttered office wondering what to do.
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Peru: Spy husband could face fraud charges
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:06:01 GMT
 AP - A Peruvian journalist whom the U.S. deported to Russia this month in a spy swap is free to return home but her Russian husband could be charged with lying on his citizenship application, Peru's foreign minister said Friday.
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U.S. urges Cuba to free "unwell" detained contractor
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:38:52 GMT
Reuters - The United States urged Cuba on Friday to free a U.S. contractor held in Havana for nearly eight months on suspicion of espionage and subversion, saying he was unwell and had still not been formally charged.
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Mexico drug boss death could spark power struggle
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:25:22 GMT
 Reuters - Mexico's killing of a top drug trafficker is a coup for President Felipe Calderon, but it may result in a spike in violence and is unlikely to lead authorities to the country's most wanted drug boss.
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First gay couples tie knot under new Argentine law
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:12:57 GMT
 Reuters - Gay couples rushed to tie the knot in Argentina on Friday, two weeks after the country became the first in Latin America to grant them the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples.
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