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JERUSALEM – Palestinian militants in Gaza launched a rocket Tuesday that fell near the Israeli city of Ashkelon, Israeli police said, causing no injuries but threatening to upset a recent period of calm. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert left the city a short time before the rocket hit. The rocket …

WASHINGTON – President Bush says if Congress fails to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia, it will embolden U.S. adversaries like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. In a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s legislative conference, he also said such a stance would send a signal to Latin America …

BOGOTA, Colombia – The former husband of French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt said Sunday that he fears Colombia’s government is offering to free imprisoned guerrillas in exchange for her release because they believe she is dead. Following the Colombian offer, France’s government sent a plane to a military airport in French …