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18 inmates die in Honduran prison fight
AP - A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison fight.
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AP - A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison fight.
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Cuba puts first computers on sale to the publicAP - Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro.
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OAS backs Bolivia's territorial integrity ahead of voteAFP - The Organization of American States late Friday expressed support for Bolivia's territorial integrity ahead of an autonomy referendum in the country's biggest province.
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Volcano eruption on Argentina-Chile border forces evacuationsAFP - Some 1,500 people were evacuated late Friday as the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile erupted, hurling hot rocks and belching clouds of ash into the sky.
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Chile volcano erupts, villages evacuatedAP - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people from villages in southern Chile Friday after a snowcapped volcano considered dormant for thousands of years erupted. The blast sent minor earthquakes rippling through the region.
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Cubans buy first computers in latest changeReuters - The future arrived at Pedro Fresnedo's home on Friday, and it gave him goosebumps.
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Bolivia takes over telco, foreign gas companies
President Evo Morales celebrated May Day by announcing the nationalisation of Bolivia's leading telecommunications company, Entel, and returning four foreign-owned natural gas companies to state control.Morales said his government...
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President Evo Morales celebrated May Day by announcing the nationalisation of Bolivia's leading telecommunications company, Entel, and returning four foreign-owned natural gas companies to state control.Morales said his government...
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Argentine farmers on alert as truce ends
AP - Thousands of farmers plan to mark the end of a 30-day "truce" with the government over export tax hikes by taking to the streets again this weekend — but without blocking roads or causing the food shortages that crippled the country during a farm strike in March.
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AP - Thousands of farmers plan to mark the end of a 30-day "truce" with the government over export tax hikes by taking to the streets again this weekend — but without blocking roads or causing the food shortages that crippled the country during a farm strike in March.
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Cuba announces farm overhaul on May DayAP - Cuba announced a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the island's farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local councils.
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Dominican Republic sees surge in drug smuggling
Reuters - Drug smugglers are flying with impunity into the Dominican Republic and have turned it into a far more important transshipment point for South American cocaine than its largely lawless and impoverished neighbor, Haiti, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Reuters - Drug smugglers are flying with impunity into the Dominican Republic and have turned it into a far more important transshipment point for South American cocaine than its largely lawless and impoverished neighbor, Haiti, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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