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| May.29 |
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  Chile's federal police chief killed in crash  Map of Panama City Panama A helicopter crashed into a building, killing 11 of the 12 people aboard, including Gen. Jose Alejandro Bernales, Chile's federal police chief
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| Dec.26 |
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 U.S. teen is only survivor of crash Authorities found the bodies of pilot Edwin Lasso, Michael Klein and Klein's daughter, Talia. 13-year-old Francesca Lewis, was being taken to a hospital
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| Sep.7 |
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Judge lifts stay on Noriega extradition A federal judge lifted a stay on former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's extradition to France
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| Aug.28 |
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 Judge agrees Noriega extradition A federal judge has approved the extradition of former Panamanian leader to France when his Florida jail sentence ends next month
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| Aug.24 |
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Noriega can be extradited to France  | Judge: Former Panamanian dictator can be extradited to France to serve a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering charges | |
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| Mar.19 |
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19.4 tons of cocaine seized| The police seized a boat off the Pacific coast in one of the biggest maritime cocaine busts anywhere on record | |
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| Nov.7 |
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Panama wins seat on Security Council Panama won with the 48th ballot after Guatemala and Venezuela dropped out to end a deadlock
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| Nov.3 |
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Panama near U.N. council seat Latin American and Caribbean nations unanimously endorsed Panama after Guatemala and Venezuela withdrawed
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| Oct.22 |
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Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul | About 80% have approved a plan to widen the Panama Canal to accommodate a new generation of ships | |
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| Oct.21 |
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Panama to vote on expanded canal| The people are due to vote in a referendum on an ambitious plan to expand the famous canal and increase traffic | |
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| May.1 |
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Magnitude 6 quake At least one aftershock shook Panama at 2:48 a.m., but no damages or injuries were reported
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| Apr.24 |
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Panama plans huge canal expansion| Panama has announced a $5.3bn plan to widen the canal to handle a new generation of giant container ships | |
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| Sep.18 |
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Mudslides kill nine 13 others are missing. A torrential rain shower has triggered massive mudslides
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| Jun.22 |
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Concern about canal security Panama is creating an anti-terrorism unit whose mission will be to protect the Canal from possible attack by militants
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| May.2 |
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Martin Torrijos, dictator's son, wins poll The son of a former dictator Omar Torrijos won first presidential elections since the handover of the Panama Canal
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| Jan.22 |
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U.S. to join search for 3 missing 3 Americans are missing, one of them a journalist, believed kidnapped by a Colombian paramilitary group
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| Sep.23 |
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New Miss Universe named after spat The Miss Universe Organization said the 24-year-old Russian beauty was fired. A new Miss Universe is from Panama
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| May.28 |
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Taiwan president visits Panama Chen Shui-Bian meant to build economic ties and to resist Beijing's growing influence
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| Nov.25 |
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 Castro led protest to arrest exile Rally demanded justice against Carriles, arrested in Panama for plotting to assassinate Castro
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| Nov.18 |
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 Accord to combat child poverty 10th Ibero-American Summit seeks accord on United for Children and Adolescents.
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| Nov.17 |
Panama |
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 Castro denounces assassination plot Castro said Cuban exiles plotted to assassinate him during the Ibero-American summit
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