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Published: Saturday, Dec. 5 2009 12:00 a.m. MST

Alain Morency carries the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch Friday in Levis, Canada. In the background is Quebec's Chateau Frontenac.

Jacques Boissinot, Associated Press

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Guinea: Wounded leader

CONAKRY — The wounded president of Guinea was airlifted to a hospital in Morocco on Friday, opening a dangerous power vacuum in this mineral-rich country one year after he took over in a military coup.

The shooting of Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara, reportedly by his second-in-command, has laid bare deep divisions within the junta. The assassination attempt followed an argument between Camara and Abubakar "Toumba" Diakite, head of the presidential guard, over who would take the fall for a massacre of unarmed protesters in September, two government officials and a retired diplomat said.

Honduras: Protests end

TEGUCIGALPA — Honduran activists have ended five months of daily protests demanding the reinstatement of their president since he was ousted in a coup, say they're moving on now that Congress has voted to keep Manuel Zelaya out of office.

Juan Barahona, who has been leading protests since late June when Zelaya was forced out of the country, said Friday that his supporters are "closing that chapter" of their struggle. Barahona said it's time for Hondurans who support policies in favor of the poor and other themes that Zelaya espoused to shift their focus to the 2014 elections.

Indonesia: Fire kills 20

JAKARTA — A least 20 people died and two were injured when fire engulfed a third-floor karaoke bar in one of Indonesia's largest cities on Friday, police said, adding that the death toll could rise.

Fire fighters contained the blaze in the multistory building in Medan on Sumatra island and extinguished it within hours, fire brigade spokesman Mohammad Zein said.

The bar had been filled with hundreds of patrons, local media reported. More victims could still be found in the debris, police chief Maj. Gen. Badrudin Haiti said.

Mexico: Ongoing violence

MONTERREY — At least 13 people were killed Friday in shootouts in northern Mexico between Mexican troops and gunmen, authorities said.

An army official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media said all those killed were gunmen suspected of working for the Zetas, drug traffickers who also works as enforcers for the Mexican Gulf cartel.

Pakistan: 26 die in attack

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