- Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of Tijuana cartel
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AP - U.S. officials say Mexican authorities have arrested two reputed leaders of a drug cartel that has terrorized the border city of Tijuana.
- US Baptists' attorney in Haiti: Clients innocent
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AP - The new lawyer for 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping said Monday he believes they had paperwork to take 33 children out of the country after Haiti's devastating earthquake.
- U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her
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Reuters - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. - Ex-mayor absolved in journalist's slaying in Peru
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AP - A Peruvian court on Monday absolved the former mayor of a jungle city in the 2004 killing of a reporter who accused him of cocaine trafficking. - Haiti aid effort hit by fake coupon scam
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AFP - The struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback Monday as the UN halted deliveries to some 10,000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation.
- Negotiations ahead for first Costa Rica female president
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AFP - As lively celebrations died down for Costa Rica's first female president-elect, Laura Chinchilla faced the new challenge of making deals with her opponents in Congress.
- Haitians confront new threat: deadly spring rains
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AP - Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.
- Haiti studies Colombian town for quake rebuilding
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Reuters - Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake.
- Bahamas to return migrants to quake-ravaged Haiti
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AP - More than five dozen Haitian migrants detained as they sailed north through the Bahamas will be returned directly to the earthquake-ravaged country, the Bahamian prime minister said Monday. - Canadian donations for Haiti top 100 million dollars
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AFP - Canadian citizens have donated 113 million Canadian dollars to help Haiti recover from a devastating quake last month, International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda said Monday.
- Canadian death toll in Haiti reaches 27, 75 still missing
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AFP - The number of Canadians killed in Haiti's devastating quake on January 12 has risen to 27, the Canadian government said Monday.
- Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption, hoarding
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Reuters - Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked capital on Sunday, accusing a district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups, witnesses said.
- Costa Rica elects 1st woman president in landslide
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AP - Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation.
- Costa Rica elects Chinchilla first woman president
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Reuters - Laura Chinchilla, a protege of Nobel peace laureate President Oscar Arias, won a landslide election victory in Costa Rica on Sunday to become the country's first woman elected president.
- Amid drug war, Mexico less deadly than decade ago
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AP - Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a decade ago.
- Chinchilla leads Costa Rica presidency race
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AFP - Laura Chinchilla was on course to become Costa Rica's first female president and only the fifth ever in Latin America, preliminary results from the election commission indicated.
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AP - A US official says Mexico has arrested top 2 alleged leaders of a violent Tijuana drug gang. - Drs.: Argentine ex-leader OK after rush surgery
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AP - Ex-President Nestor Kirchner, husband of Argentina's current leader and a hopeful to resume the office, emerged successfully from emergency surgery on a key artery to his brain Sunday, his doctors said.
- Argentine ex-Pres Kirchner has emergency surgery
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Reuters - Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner, husband of President Cristina Fernandez and a prominent political player, underwent successful emergency surgery on his carotid artery on Sunday, officials said.
- High-profile U.S. case tests Haitian justice system
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Reuters - Haiti's quake-shattered justice system, grappling with collapsed courts, destroyed records and homeless employees, would be hard-pressed to hold a high-profile trial for 10 Americans charged with kidnapping children, Haitian lawyers and rights advocates said on Sunday.
