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| Apr.1 |
 Sao Paulo |
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Coulthard won Grand Prix He finished 16.1 seconds ahead of Schumacher who ends run of 6 successive victories
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| Apr.5 |
 Chile |
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Jiang starts Latin American tour Chinese President visit is seen to ward off U.N. human rights censure in Geneva
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| Apr.6 |
 Colombia |
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 Mexican president presses rebels The presidents of Mexico and Colombia cast doubt on U.S. assertions that Colombian rebels were trafficking drugs
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| Apr.8 |
 Peru |
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Toledo likely to face runoff| Economist Alejandro Toledo enjoys a comfortable lead with 36%, Garcia 25% and Flores 24% | |
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| Apr.10 |
Colombia |
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 FARC commander sought| Prosecution service has ordered the arrest of a leftist rebel commander for drug trafficking | |
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Peru |
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Surprise match: Garcia vs. Toledo Garcia, took 26% of the vote to Toledo's 36.5% and Flores 24%. No one expected Garcia to perform such good
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| Apr.15 |
Sao Paulo |
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Prison rebellion ends Inmates killed the leaders of the uprising and released 150 hostages. Prisoners wanted to end a 65-hour rebellion
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| Apr.16 |
Colombia |
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30 killed by paramilitaries| Rightist fighters reportedly massacred 30 people in the the mountain hamlets | |
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Colombia |
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Rebels kidnap oil workers| Nearly 100 employees of the US oil company Occidental Petroleum kidnapped by National Liberation Army | |
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| Apr.17 |
Colombia |
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 Rebels free most kidnapped Leftist rebels freed most of 90 employees of Occidental Petroleum
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| Apr.19 |
Colombia |
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Remaining hostages freed Rebels released the remaining 34 hostages held from a group of about 100 kidnapped earlier
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| Apr.20 |
Peru |
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Missionary plane shut down| The plane was shot down by a Peruvian Air Force plane. It had been mistaken for a drug trafficker's plane | |
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| Apr.23 |
 Washington |
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Plane shooting to be probed An inter-agency team will conduct a joint investigation with the Peruvian government
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| Apr.25 |
Peru |
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Language was a factor in shootdown None of the crew members on the CIA-contracted surveillance plane is fluent in Spanish
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| Apr.26 |
Colombia |
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Mine explosion kills 15 A methane explosion, set off by a miner's pick, killed all men working underground in a coal mine
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| Apr.27 |
Chile |
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 Ailing doctor flies to Chile Dr. Ronald S. Shemenski plucked from the South Pole before returning home to the United States
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