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A Self-Styled Class Warrior Has Major Battle at Hand in Mexico
TUCTA, Mexico -- Until 1977, this village in sweltering Tabasco state was a patch of misery surrounded by a swamp. Families lived in thatched huts, with no roads, electricity or relief from swarms of mosquitoes carrying malaria.
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Wal-Mart Says Inquiry Names Ousted Official
A federal grand jury in Arkansas is investigating allegations that the former head of U.S. operations at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. misused up to $500,000 in corporate funds, the giant retailer said yesterday.
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Long Fall in Ecuador: Populist to Pariah
Former president Lucio Gutierrez wasn't always the political pariah who this week inspired street riots and a vote by the legislature to overthrow him.
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Canada's Martin Promises New Vote
TORONTO, April 21 -- Prime Minister Paul Martin on Thursday promised to call a new federal election late this year or early next year, 30 days after a federal judge finishes an inquiry into a political scandal that Martin said was "an unjustified mess."
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Ecuador's Ousted Leader Awaits Asylum
A day after the country's presidency changed hands in the wake of violent street riots and a congressional revolt, relative calm -- if not a sense of lasting political stability -- returned Thursday to the capital's rain-soaked streets.
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Muslims Detained at Border Sue U.S. Homeland Security
American Muslims detained at the border as they returned from a religious conference in Toronto sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday alleging they were targets of ethnic and religious profiling.
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U.N. Envoy To N. Korea Steps Aside For Probe
The United Nations' special envoy to North Korea, Maurice F. Strong, decided Wednesday to step aside until U.N.-appointed investigators and federal prosecutors finish examining his financial ties to a South Korean lobbyist accused of trying to bribe U.N. officials.
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Ecuadoran Congress Ousts President
QUITO, Ecuador, April 20 -- Lawmakers voted to oust President Lucio Gutierrez Wednesday morning after a week of protests and appointed the vice president to replace him. But enraged mobs continued to take to the streets, burning government buildings and beating employees and politicians who tried to flee.
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Canada Plans to Reverse Slide in Status
Government says it will beef up its military, bolster its diplomatic corps and overhaul its foreign aid in a bid to reverse the country's diminishing influence in global affairs.
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Group Says Government At Root of Haiti Chaos
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 19 -- The failure of Haiti's government to tackle human rights abuses has encouraged lawlessness in the Caribbean state, where armed groups roam unchecked over wide areas, an advocacy group said Tuesday.
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