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Top policeman killed in northern MexicoAP - The No. 2 police officer in a Mexican border city across from Texas was shot dead Saturday, the latest high-ranking official killed in an onslaught of attacks blamed on gangs resisting a crackdown.
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Panama tracking down poison victims
AP - Panamanian investigators asked health authorities Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6,000 bottles of medication contaminated with a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid.
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AP - Panamanian investigators asked health authorities Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6,000 bottles of medication contaminated with a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid.
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In Chilean town, living in the ashes of Chaiten volcanoAFP - With just three bottles of drinking water and a few boxes of food provided by the military, Remigio Ramos hunkered down Saturday in his modest home in this ash-enshrouded village to wait out Chile's erupting Chaiten volcano.
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Activists want pets rescued from volcanoAP - Help is on the way for hundreds of household pets left behind in the wake of a volcano eruption in southern Chile, an animal welfare group said Saturday.
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Official: Son of Mexico drug lord killed
AP - Gunmen killed the son of one of Mexico's reputedly most-powerful drug lords in the northern city of Culiacan, a government official said Saturday.
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AP - Gunmen killed the son of one of Mexico's reputedly most-powerful drug lords in the northern city of Culiacan, a government official said Saturday.
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Mexican drug gangs step up police murder warReuters - Suspected drug gunmen ambushed and killed a Mexican police chief on Saturday in a murder campaign against senior policemen that has escalated in the past week.
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Chile volcano 'at critical stage'
PUERTO MONTT, Chile - A towering plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile's remote Patagonia could rain down on the surrounding area and cause devastating damage, a volcano expert warned today.Luis Lara, a scientist with...
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PUERTO MONTT, Chile - A towering plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile's remote Patagonia could rain down on the surrounding area and cause devastating damage, a volcano expert warned today.Luis Lara, a scientist with...
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Mexico blames gangs for killing top copAP - President Felipe Calderon said Friday the killing of an acting federal police chief was an attempt by weakened gangs to counter his fight against drug trafficking.
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Haiti's PM nominee sees no quick fixesAP - An international banker nominated to be Haiti's next prime minister said Friday that Haiti must concentrate on long-term strategies to help the millions pushed deeper into misery by higher food prices.
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Cuban Central Bank wants stronger peso
AP - Cuba's Central Bank is urging the government to gradually unify the island's two parallel currencies and cut back on "indiscriminate" subsidies, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.
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AP - Cuba's Central Bank is urging the government to gradually unify the island's two parallel currencies and cut back on "indiscriminate" subsidies, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday.
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