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(AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile.The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time (EDT; 0949 GMT), at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), ...
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(AP) Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat.In a statement issued late Saturday, the ...
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(AP) As Congress takes up immigration reform, lawmakers seeking tighter border security may have to confront the reality of places such as Matamoros, Mexico, and other border towns controlled by drug cartels.People in those communities say the current system of immigration ...
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(AP) Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election.Retired Gen. Antonio Rivero said he would "take care of my health" as he was freed late Friday.Opposition leaders said ...
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(AP) It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning.I had trekked out to isolated Neuquen province looking for Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, the ...
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(AP) Three people have been killed and three others injured during a shooting at a gas station in Puerto Rico.Police say several men opened fire on the group early Saturday in the eastern town of Las Piedras. It is unclear what ...
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(AP) Brazil is using more than 20,000 troops along its borders with 10 South American nations to reinforce security ahead of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in June.The Defense Ministry says in a statement that 25,000 army, navy and air force ...
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(AP) Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black ...
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(AP) Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 million.Larry Howai says the board has three months to review the airline's finances and make ...
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(AP) Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days.Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam made the announcement ...
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(AP) The former premier of the Cayman Islands who faces charges in a corruption probe is denying allegations that he donated $1 million to a Caribbean university to obtain an honorary PhD.McKeeva Bush said in a statement late Friday that he ...
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(AP) A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.Hundreds of activists have taken part in the activities organized by a sex education center headed by ...
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(AP) Chilean officials are investigating the death of hundreds of penguins, pelicans and other animals that are washing up on the county's shores.Authorities say they suspect that fishermen using explosives may have killed the animals found at the town of Punta ...
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(AP) Brazil's Congress has approved legislation aimed at modernizing and expanding the country's overcrowded ports and attracting private investments in the sector.The legislation approved Thursday night allows the private sector to invest in state-owned ports and lifts restrictions that have hindered ...
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(AP) Authorities in Puerto Rico have caught a 12-foot (3.6-meter) Burmese Python that they had been trying to find for several weeks following complaints from residents in the area.Sgt. Angel Atienza with the Department of Natural Resources said Friday that officials ...
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