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Argentina farmers back on strike after talks break downAFP - Thousands of Argentine farmers resumed a crippling strike Wednesday after one month of talks with the government to roll back a stiff tax hike on soybean exports broke down, a union leader said.
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Cuba scorns anti-Castro exile honored in Miami
Reuters - Days after he was feted in Miami as a freedom fighter for his anti-Castro activities, Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles was scorned on Wednesday in Havana as a "terrorist" given haven by the Bush administration.
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Reuters - Days after he was feted in Miami as a freedom fighter for his anti-Castro activities, Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles was scorned on Wednesday in Havana as a "terrorist" given haven by the Bush administration.
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More sex than Paeroa
Some years ago, I was invited to write for Lonely Planet . This was flattering and exciting, but there was a catch: I would have to make a research trip at my own expense and write it up within their strict guidelines.About the...
New Zealand Herald – May 7, 2008 11:18 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Some years ago, I was invited to write for Lonely Planet . This was flattering and exciting, but there was a catch: I would have to make a research trip at my own expense and write it up within their strict guidelines.About the...
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Bush criticizes Cuban changes as falling shortReuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday accused new Cuban leader Raul Castro of making empty gestures of reform by letting his people buy more consumer electronics but failing to grant them full democracy.
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Senior Mexico policeman dies despite army presence
Reuters - Mexican drug hit men killed a senior police officer in Ciudad Juarez despite a huge army deployment in the violent city across the border from El Paso, Texas, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Reuters - Mexican drug hit men killed a senior police officer in Ciudad Juarez despite a huge army deployment in the violent city across the border from El Paso, Texas, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Sister of Guatemalan lawmaker arrested in adoptions case
AP - Authorities say a Guatemalan congressman's sister has been charged with human trafficking after police found nine children in her home awaiting illegal adoption.
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AP - Authorities say a Guatemalan congressman's sister has been charged with human trafficking after police found nine children in her home awaiting illegal adoption.
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Ash from Chile volcano shuts down Argentina flightsAFP - Ash from the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile spread across a growing swathe of South America on Wednesday, forcing flight cancellations across much of Argentina and threatening to blanket more towns in Argentina and Chile.
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Bush reaches out to Cuban activists pushing democracyAP - President Bush has reached out to Cuban dissidents, speaking by videoconference with activists on the communist island who are still struggling for change there, the White House said Wednesday.
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Chinese vice premier in Costa Rica to boost tiesAFP - Costa Rica and China inked deals worth 50 million dollars Tuesday during a three-day visit here by Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu aimed at broadening relations with San Jose.
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Latin Americans to hold food crisis summitAFP - Leaders and representatives of several South and Central American nations prepared to meet here to discuss a regional strategy to avert the food crisis affecting poor nations around the world, officials said Tuesday.
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