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US encourages Brazil to buy F-18 fighter jets
AP - Friday, October 3SAO PAULO, Brazil - The U.S. Embassy said Thursday that it is encouraging Brazil to buy Boeing-built F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets _ one of three models selected by Latin America's largest nation as finalists for a fleet revamp. More »
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Ex-teacher says middle schooler was a man to her
AP - Thursday, October 2OMAHA, Neb. - A former math teacher sentenced to federal prison for a sex crime with a minor says the age of the 13-year-old schoolboy she fled with to Mexico didn't matter to her. More »
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Prophylactics swiped from Mexico condom-mobile
AP - Thursday, October 2MEXICO CITY - Missing in Mexico: 5,000 condoms, sound equipment and a motor used to inflate a giant prophylactic, all stolen from a "condom-mobile" used to promote HIV/AIDS awareness. More »
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Student opposition leader gunned down in Venezuela
AP - Thursday, October 2CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a student leader who helped organize protests against constitutional amendments proposed by President Hugo Chavez. More »
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Mexico farm leader dies after setting self on fire
AP - Thursday, October 2JALAPA, Mexico - A Mexican man who doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire as a political protest has died. More »
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US officials seize cocaine from cargo ship off PR
AP - Thursday, October 2SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. officials say they seized almost two tons of cocaine from a Panama-flagged cargo ship in international waters off Puerto Rico. More »
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Gunmen in Mexico steal suspected drug planes
AP - Thursday, October 2MEXICO CITY - Police in Mexico say 20 heavily armed men have stolen five small planes that the army seized in anti-drug operations. More »
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Correction: Brazil-Crash Anniversary story
AP - Thursday, October 2SAO PAULO, Brazil - In a Sept. 29 story about the two-year anniversary of a 2006 collision between an executive jet and a passenger jet in Brazil, The Associated Press mistakenly said that the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported investigators ruled out neglect by air traffic controllers. More »
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Argentine farmers set for six-day strike
AFP - Wednesday, October 1BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - - Farmers in Argentina -- one of the world's top suppliers of wheat, corn, beef and soybeans -- will start a six-day strike on Friday to protest the government's agricultural policy, farm leaders announced Tuesday. More »
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Mexico fines both sides in disputed 2006 election
AP - Wednesday, October 1MEXICO CITY - Mexico issued million-dollar fines for misconduct Tuesday to both sides in the bitterly disputed 2006 presidential elections. More »
- Brazil: Amazon destruction up; elections blamedAP -Tuesday, September 30
- 7,500 Mexicans evacuate; flooding shuts oil wellsAP -Tuesday, September 30
- First results show Ecuadoreans back new charterAP -Tuesday, September 30
- Correa celebrates victory in constitutional referendumAFP -Monday, September 29
- Venezuela to build nuclear technology with RussiaAP -Monday, September 29
- Kidnappers free US hotelier abducted in HondurasAP -Monday, September 29
- Correa boasts of 'crushing victory' in constitutional voteAFP -Monday, September 29
- Chavez stops in Cuba, meets with Fidel CastroAP -Monday, September 29
- Polls open in Ecuador's constitutional referendumAFP -Monday, September 29
- 2 suspects describe grenade attacks in MexicoAP -Sunday, September 28
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