Friday, October 6, 2006

Morning briefs

* Argentinian prisoners upset at overcrowding and the lack of speedy trials reached a deal with authorities to end a 2-week hunger strike (image).

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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez thanked his Colombian counterpart for not taking sides in an arms dispute between Venezuela and the U.S.

* A pair of U.S. pilots denied causing a Brazilian air disaster that killed 155 people.

* Injured Uruguayan soccer player Dario Silva was allowed to leave the hospital nearly two weeks after a car crash amputated his lower right leg.

Links- Independent Online (South Africa), Forbes (U.S.), BBC News, International Herald Tribune

Image- Voice of America

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