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12 hrs ago | The Honolulu Advertiser

Alexis Arguello: a classy guest but a man without a home

MIAMI - For most of Alexis Arguello's life as a three-division world champion, "home" was a foreign concept.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Suicide,

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KXMD-TV Williston

Nicaragua: New evidence Arguello death was suicide

Eds: APNewsNow. Will stand. AP Photo MNG108, MNG107 MANAGUA, Nicaragua Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of Managua Mayor and boxing great Alexis Arguello.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News,

The Taipei Times

Mayor s death won t derail Ma s Nicaraguan schedule

President Ma Ying-jeou, left, applauds as Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli walks to give a speech during his inauguration in Panama City on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Ma Ying-jeou, Alvaro Uribe, South America, Colombia, Travel, Nicaragua Travel,

Los Angeles Times

Alexis Arguello dies at 57; winner of three world boxing titles

Alexis Arguello, who battled his way to three world boxing titles in the ring but lost several bouts with personal demons outside the ropes, was found dead early Wednesday at his home in Managua, Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America

Wed Jul 01, 2009

PhillyBurbs.com

Pryor recalls epic brawl with Arguello

In this Nov. 12, 1982 file photo, Alexis Arguello covers up as defending champ Aaron Pryor throws a hard right during the second round of boxing action at the Orange Bowl in Miami.Nearly three decades ago, a ferocious puncher and brilliant ring tactician waged one of boxing's epic brawls under the twinkling lights of the Orange Bowl in Miami, a ...

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Guardian Unlimited

Mayor of Nicaragua capital found dead

Managua, Nicaragua mayor Alexis Arguello as a candidate in November 2008. Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP The controversial Sandinista mayor of Managua, Alexis Arguello, a former world boxing champion, has been found dead at his home with a gunshot wound.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Suicide, Daniel Ortega

Newswatch 50

Managua mayor, ex-boxing champ, found dead

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello, a three-time world boxing champion, has been found dead.Presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo confirms the death.His Sandinista party's Radio Ya says coroners are conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death.Arguello once fought against the Sandinistas in the 1980s, but joined the ...

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Related Topix: World News, Central America

CCTV

ALBA withdraws ambassadors from Honduras

The presidents of nations of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas have met for an emergency meeting in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya,

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Axcess News

Leftist leaders hold emergency meeting over Honduras coup

By Tim Rogers Correspondent, CSMonitor Managua, Nicaragua - Facing what is perhaps the greatest challenge to regional stability since the end of the Central American wars more than a decade ago, the presidents of this tiny yet tumultuous isthmus are scheduled to meet in Managua Monday afternoon to round the wagons in defense of Honduras's recently ...

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Oscar Arias,

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Prensa Latina

Zelaya Confirms he is in Costa Rica

San Jose, Jun 28 President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya confirmed he is in Costa Rica, as he was kidnapped by Honduran military officers, who dragged him from his residence.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya,

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Prensa Latina

ALBA Event Notes Nicaragua Literacy

Managua, Jun 26 The Second ALBA-Education Workshop, taking place in the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, is to be closed Friday with the proclamation of the country''s southern department of Granada as free of illiteracy.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News,

Thu Jun 25, 2009

WorldTravelWatch.com

Nicaragua: Crime Up in Managua and Other Cities

Express kidnappings have increased in the past year, with incidents involving Americans in several cities.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Travel

Wed Jun 24, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Heather McPherson: Gourmet coffee and chocolate in one stop

C offee shops are certainly not new to Central Florida, but great independent ones are difficult to find.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, Drink, Coffee, Gourmet, Orlando, FL, World News, Baked Goods, Bread

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

NICARAGUA: Women Bear the Brunt of the Crisis

By Jose Adan Silva MANAGUA - "Don't worry, your job will be here when you come back," Lorena Castillo's supervisor reassured her when she asked to take a day off for a gynaecologist appointment.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Six Miners Die in Accident in Nicaragua

Six miners suffocated and five others were rescued alive following a gasoline spill inside a tunnel in Cerro Potosi, a mining area in Nicaragua's Caribe Norte region, an emergency management office spokesman said.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Nicaragua Opposition Denounces Cancelation of Radio Frequency

The coordinator of the Sandinista Renewal Movement, or MRS, Edmundo Jarquin, denounced on Saturday the cancelation of the frequency of Radio La Ley, a station in the interior owned by an opposition commentator, a measure he calls 'an outrage.' Nicaragua's telecommunications and postal institute TELCOR, according to an article in the daily La ...

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Related Topix: World News

Sat Jun 20, 2009

FindingDulcinea

On This Day: Nicaraguan Soldiers Kill ABC Reporter

On June 20, 1979, international correspondent Bill Stewart was shot and killed by Nicaraguan government forces as he was reporting from Managua.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Bill Stewart, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Prison

Fri Jun 19, 2009

My Mother Lode

Documentary draws ire of Dole after plot thickens

A documentary on Nicaraguan banana workers who claimed they became sterile from pesticides is set for its American premiere on Saturday _ unless a threatened lawsuit stops the show.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Entertainment

Thu Jun 18, 2009

The Tennessean

Nicaragua to reconsider case against Nashville man

An American who spent 13 months in a Nicaraguan prison before he was cleared of murder says prosecutors in that Central American nation are trying to reinstate his conviction in violation of his human rights.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Prison,

Inside Costa Rica

Nicaraguan Bishops Chide Ortega: Justice Requires Action and Not Just Prayer

Managua .- In response to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's recent 'invitation to pray' and to refrain from giving opinions on political issues, the bishops of Nicaragua reminded that justice requires action and not just prayer.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Daniel Ortega

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