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VINA DEL MAR, Chile -- The Guatemalan government has reached a peace agreement with the guerrilla movement that will end 36 years of fighting, Guatemala's president announced Monday. (AP)
VINA DEL MAR, Chile -- Ending a summit Monday, 23 Latin heads of state denounced U.S. moves to isolate Cuba, but also pressed Fidel Castro to institute democratic changes on the Communist island. (AP)
WASHINGTON -- When a reporter asked Janet Reno if she would remain attorney general, she replied: Yes, "if the president wanted me to stay." A stock answer, but it still irked White House aides who felt she was boxing President Clinton into a corner. (AP)
WASHINGTON -- Nearly 2,000 calls, hundreds considered worth investigation, have poured into an Army hotline set up after revelation of the sex scandal at a Maryland training center, the Army said Monday. (AP)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Two former military cadets indicted Monday in the jealous slaying of a high school girl won't face the death penalty. The victim's family wants them to sit in prison instead. (AP)
WASHINGTON - One in every three homeless men seeking refuge at a network of shelters is a veteran, a survey released Saturday showed.. The figure far exceeds the percentage of veterans in the overall population or of male veterans among all American males (AP)
LOS ANGELES - Frank Sinatra, who was admitted to the hospital for treatment of a pinched nerve, was released Saturday amid reports of a more serious illness (AP)
VINA DEL MAR, Chile -- Ending a summit Monday, 23 Latin heads of state denounced U.S. moves to isolate Cuba, but also pressed Fidel Castro to institute democratic changes on the Communist island (AP)
Kinshasa, Zaire - While Europe pressed for immediate deployment of an international force to aid refugees fleeing fighting in Zaire, Zairian officials urged Saturday that the United Nations first condemn its neighbors for their part in the conflict (AP)
Beijing-Just two weeks ahead of talks with the United States, China has threatened to ban imports of U.S. fruits, beverages and other goods unless Washington withdraws a fine for alleged trade violations (AP)
KIKINADA, India - Their dresses torn and their flowing black hair in tangles, women gathered along the shore Saturday to start at the sea. Some began wailing for their fishermen husbands, missing in a cyclone and presumed dead (AP)
Hebron, West Bank - Thousands of Israelis, many carrying prayer books and automatic rifles, converged on Hebron today to makr the death of biblical matriarch Sarah and show support for the city's tiny Jewish enclave (AP)
