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Taiwan: Fishermen fought off pirates, retook boat
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says fishermen on a Taiwanese boat fought back against Somali pirates and freed themselves after a hijacking in the Indian Ocean.
Some of the 28 crew on the Chin Yi Wen overcame the hijackers then the boat met up with British anti-piracy vessels nearby. Three crew had minor injuries.
The government news agency said the fight …
Uruguayans vote for ex-rebel or ex-president
Uruguay faced a stark choice in Sunday's presidential election between a former rebel who yearns to create enduring socialism and a former president who would distance the nation from leftist Latin American governments.
Uruguayans also considered a voter initiative to remove amnesty for human rights abuses under the 1973-85 dictatorship.
Jose "Pepe" Mujica, the former guerrilla and candidate of the ruling leftist coalition, was the clear front-runner, but polls suggested he would narrowly miss the majority needed to avoid a runoff.
His closest rival, center-right candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle, pushed hard to privatize government as …
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