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| Dec.2 |
Venezuela |
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Anti-Chavez drive claims success Opposition said they had collected 3.6 million signatures, enough to trigger a constitutional referendum on Chavez rule | |
| Dec.13 |
Peru |
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Bus crashes in thick fog: 19 die A large passenger bus, carrying more than 50 people, fell off a cliff on a mountain road into a 490 foot-deep gorge | |
| Dec.14 |
Japan |
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Boca Juniors win Intercontinental Cup Victory over AC Milan has triggered wild celebrations in Buenos Aires
| Dec.15 |
Colombia |
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Rebel leader detained Secret police have captured Wilmer Antonio Marin, a top FARC commander in the capital | |
| Dec.20 |
Venezuela |
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4 soldiers die in border ambush Colombian gunmen ambushed and shot dead Venezuelan National Guard troops near the two nations' border | |
| Dec.22 |
Colombia |
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Hostages freed at last A Briton and 4 Israeli hostages have been released by the National Liberation Army (ELN) | |
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