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Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:05:21 GMT
 AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest.
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Journalist killed in southern Mexico, 4th in 2010
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:02:40 GMT
AP - A journalist has been killed in southern Mexico, the fourth slain in the country so far this year.
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US warns of Haiti murder, kidnap threat
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:32:24 GMT
 AFP - Four American nationals have been murdered in the Haitian capital since the January 12 quake, the United States said Monday, stepping up its travel warning after a high-profile kidnapping.
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Cuba criticizes US ruling on Internet access
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:58:10 GMT
AP - Cuba says a U.S. ruling that makes it easier for companies to provide Internet communications services on the island is meant to destabilize the country, not loosen Washington's 48-year economic embargo.
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Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:39:48 GMT
 Reuters - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try to contain spiraling violence.
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Honduras: Killing of TV journalist spawns protest
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:31:43 GMT
AP - Dozens of journalists took to the streets Monday in northern Honduras to protest attacks on their colleagues after gunmen killed a television journalist in a hail of bullets — the third such slaying in two weeks.
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US sends FBI to probe consular slayings in Mexico
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:07:16 GMT
 AFP - Faced with a brazen challenge from drug cartels, US FBI agents have joined a Mexican probe into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in this border city, officials said Monday.
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Decision on Americans' departure was before deaths
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:05:21 GMT
AP - After deciding last week to help family members of U.S. consulate employees in northern Mexico leave the area, the State Department waited until Sunday to announce the move.
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AP Enterprise: US botched Haiti flights to Fla.
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:07:16 GMT
 AP - As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information about arriving patients but got little assistance, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show.
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Chile's power grid unstable for a week: president
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:32:45 GMT
 Reuters - Chile's main power grid will remain "unstable" for the next seven days, President Sebastian Pinera said on Monday, a day after a massive outage left most the world's top copper producer in the dark.
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U.N. chief urges donors to keep Haiti funds flowing
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:29:24 GMT
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the devastating January earthquake in the poor Caribbean state.
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Power blackout hits Chile two weeks after quake
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:45:46 GMT
Reuters - A major blackout left most of Chile without power for hours on Sunday, two weeks after a massive earthquake that killed hundreds and weakened infrastructure.
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Blackout leaves millions of Chileans in darkness
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:45:35 GMT
 AP - A power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness Sunday night, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.
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US consular worker in Mexico shot by hitmen: govt
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:13:56 GMT
 AFP - Hitmen working for Mexico's Juarez drug cartel were believed to be behind the assassination of a US consular employee here, the government of Chihuahua state has said.
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UN chief hears progress, challenges for Haiti aid
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:05:02 GMT
 AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has made his second visit to Haiti since the country's killer earthquake in January to hear the formidable challenges - and progress made by - aid groups.
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Chile hit by massive blackout: emergency office
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:55:40 GMT
 AFP - A vast area of earthquake-hit Chile, including the capital city of Santiago, was plunged into darkness Sunday by a massive blackout, the National Emergency Office said.
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UN chief sees dangers up-close in Haiti quake camp
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:42:40 GMT
 AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised Haitians on Sunday that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation as it suffers from a shortage of shelter and growing violence in teeming camps for the homeless.
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Chile blackout due to problem with transformer
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:42:12 GMT
 Reuters - A blackout affecting much of Chile is due to a problem with a 500 kilowatt transformer, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter told local media on Sunday.
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Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:16 GMT
 Reuters - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack.
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US missionary detained in Haiti returns to Idaho
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:41 GMT
 AP - A U.S. missionary who was released from a Haiti jail last week has returned to her home in Idaho after spending several days recuperating in Florida.
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