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Guilty Verdict in Martin Murder
Judges convicted two people in the stabbing
death of a University of Kansas student on
Monday. A third person was found innocent.
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Union Leaders Say Protest March Was a
Success
A call by union leaders to march on
presidential house yesterday saw hundreds of
people - far short of the estimated 12.000
announced last week that would take part.
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Two Groups Volunteer in Costa Rica
Members of a De Moines, Iowa, Johnston church
and the local Lions Club distributed 700 pairs
of used eyeglasses during a trip to San Jose,
Costa Rica.
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Argentina hopes to promote friendly
relations with China: FM
The Argentine government hopes to promote its
cooperative relations with China and President
Nestor Kirchner is looking forward to a visit
to China in 2004, Argentine Foreign Minister
Rafael Bielsa said on Monday.
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Former Chilean leader Pinochet denies
ordering executions
Former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet has
denied he ever ordered the execution of large
numbers of people during his presidency and
has rejected reports that he would apologize
to victims who suffered during his military
regime.
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US releases 20 more from Guantanamo prison,
brings in another 20
The US government has released 20 prisoners
from a US military prison at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, and brought in another 20 suspects
caught in the US campaign against terrorism,
the Pentagon said Monday.
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REPORTS: COLOMBIA |
Women's Peace Caravan Heads to Epicentre
of War
Continuing reports of skirmishes and the
dynamiting of oil pipelines and bridges
in the southern Colombian department of
Putumayo did not daunt the 3,000 women
who arrived in the area -- the epicentre
of the civil war -- from all over the
country Monday.
Delegates of 315 organisations from
eight regions, along with international
observers and reporters, drove in 96
buses to Mocoa, the provincial capital
of Putumayo, in the foothills of the
Andes mountains.
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