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Religious Fanatic Hijacked Plane After 9-9-09 Revelation
KTLA NewsMEXICO CITY - A jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun was hijacked by a Bolivian religious fanatic who said he had a divine revelation, according to Mexican authorities. Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna says Jose Mar Flores, 44, told...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Mexico, Felipe Calderon, National Security, Air and Space Accidents
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'Fringe': End of a chapter
Show TrackerWhat do you want from a season finale? Many things. You want a pay-off. Those past 20-odd episodes better have been building to something. You want an event. The explosions have to be bigger, louder and more damage-inflicting than anything...... -
Bob Barker helps lion cubs move to California sanctuary after Bolivia bans animals in circuses
L.A. UnleashedLA PAZ, Bolivia — An animal-rights group says four lion cubs freed under Bolivia's circus-animal ban are flying to California, where television personality Bob Barker has helped fund their retirement. Enrique Mendizabal of Animal Defenders International... -
Easter lily cactus is a lifelong attachment
L.A. at HomeSome people have lucky charms. Other folks have security blankets. Crista Worthy has her trusty cactus. Wherever she’s lived over the past 41 years, she’s always come home to the prickly plant she received as a gift at age 9. She took it to UC Sa... -
Powerful Earthquakes Rock Indonesia and Peru
Associated PressA pair of powerful earthquakes rocked western Indonesia and Peru Wednesday. Thousands were trapped under collapsed buildings - including two hospitals in the Indonesian quake. The magnitude 7.6 quake struck at 5:15 p.m. local time (1015GMT, 6:15 a.m....Tags: Government, Disasters, Weather Warnings, Weather, Jakarta (Indonesia)
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Che's legacy looms larger than ever
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt was a long fight, but the Cubans have finally conquered this forlorn Andean hamlet, four decades after Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed in the adobe schoolhouse here. Cuban physicians provide healthcare, Cuban educators oversee literacy classes, and...Tags: Communist Party of China, Steven Soderbergh, Politics, James Dean, Jean-Paul Sartre
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Ahmadinejad finds it warmer in Latin America
If Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was displeased by the hostile reception he got during his trip to a United Nations summit in New York last week, the next stage of his journey surely lifted his spirits. He hopped on a plane to Caracas, where he...Tags: Government, Politics, Washington (U.S. state), Columbia University, Petroleum Industry
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Chile: 4x4 by 4,000 miles
Times Staff WriterI 'VE got a thousand miles behind me and three thousand to go. I've got a dashboard tan. Hammer down. Radar love. It's the middle of the night in the middle of the Atacama Desert, along a stretch of haunted ground called the Pampa del Indio Muerto. I...Tags: Chile, England, Travel, California, Hotels and Accommodations
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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Ghana, Namibia, Iceland, Estonia, Italy
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Think chocolate can't get any better? These Willy Wonkas beg to differ
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMeet the new Willy Wonka: Timothy Childs is a former space shuttle technologist who's building a 29,000-square-foot chocolate factory on prime waterfront property in the Embarcadero. He stands in the factory's laboratory inspecting a sample of split-...Tags: Travel, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Somerville, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Movie review: Che: Part One -- 3 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticSteven Soderbergh narrowed the life of Che Guevara to two slices of his story, cast Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro in the role and gives us four hours and 17 minutes with the late Marxist icon. What do we learn in those hours and hours spent in the...Tags: Ernesto Che Guevara, History, Steven Soderbergh, Documentary (genre), Philosophy
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'Capital war' is Bolivia's latest battle
Special to The TimesLA PAZ, BOLIVIA — Bolivia has endured popular uprisings in recent years dubbed the "gas war" and the "water war." Now it faces the "capital war." Multitudes have taken to the streets over a proposal to move the capital from bustling La Paz to...Tags: Government, Migration, National Government, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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