Haiti gov't begins back pay plan to veterans
Source: Taiwan News
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-07-25 21:50:31 -0700 | political-news
The Haitian government has begun to register hundreds of veterans so they can collect back pay and pensions. The ex-soldiers have lined up at the former military academy so they can receive the payments. The national force was abolished in...
Car gets wedged into second floor of house in Brazil
Source: ITN
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2012-06-19 06:53:09 -0700 | sports-news
The 25-year-old driver had to be pulled free by rescue workers, but incredibly suffered only minor injuries. A family were sleeping in the house at the time, and only escaped unharmed because the car hit a structural bulkhead...Police are investigating...
Clinton spoke to Pakistan FM about Afghan attacks
Source: DAWN
Brasília :: Brazil | updated 2012-06-24 15:48:48 -0700 | political-news
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to Pakistan's foreign minister about their shared responsibility to confront militants following Sunday's attacks in Afghanistan, the State Department said in a statement on Monday. Afghanistan's Taliban attacked Kabul on Sunday with heavy...
Cuba agent back to US after 2-week trip home
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2012-06-13 23:49:54 -0700 | political-news
Cuba says an intelligence agent on probation in the United States has returned to that country after visiting his gravely ill brother for two weeks. An official note carried in state media says Rene Gonzalez flew back to demonstrate what...
Vaccinations Begin in a Cholera-Ravaged Haiti
Source: Newyork Times
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-06-13 08:18:31 -0700 | political-news
A year and a half after cholera first struck Haiti , a tiny portion of the population on Thursday began getting vaccinated against the waterborne disease that has infected more than 530,000 Haitians and killed more than 7,040. Organizers of...
US charity buys freedom for Jamaica inmates
Source: Taiwan News
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2012-06-09 07:27:49 -0700 | political-news
A Florida charity has bought freedom for 30 prisoners in Jamaica this Easter. The Coconut Creek-based Food for the Poor charity has paid outstanding fines to free inmates left in Jamaican lockups for months because they could not afford to...
The World: 9/11 trial to resume at Guantanamo
Source: The Herald
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated 2012-06-05 03:23:52 -0700 | health-news
Guantanamo The Pentagon said Wednesday it is ready to resume a trial at Guantanamo Bay for the acknowledged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other men, more than two years after President Barack Obama halted the case in...
Brazil Moves Closer To Trying Chevron For Oil Spill
Source: International Business Times
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | updated 2012-06-03 20:57:38 -0700 | business-news
may soon face criminal charges in a Brazilian court, in a trial stemming from a November 2011 oil spill. The two oil companies will soon know which court will preside over the criminal trial. Share This Story Related Articles The...
Protests in Buenos Aires to mark anniversary of war
Source: B92
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2012-06-03 15:53:34 -0700 | technology-news
Several protesters were lightly injured in a protest outside the British embassy in Buenos Aires, organized over disputed Falkland (Malvinas) Islands. (Beta) Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters, who threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police...
Police say 2 people shot in fan violence in Brazil
Source: Taiwan News
Campinas :: Brazil | updated 2012-05-26 00:19:47 -0700 | sports-news
Police say at least two people were shot during fan violence involving more than 500 people before a match between Corinthians and Palmeiras in Brazil. The two men shot were hospitalized but their condition was not immediately known.
Guatemala arrests ex-police chief
Source: BBC
Cardiff :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-05-24 11:07:03 -0700 | disasters-news
Guatemala ex-police chief Marlene Blanco arrested Ms Blanco denies the charges Former Guatemalan police chief Marlene Blanco Lapola has been arrested for alleged involvement in extra-judicial killings in 2009. Ms Blanco and several others are accused of belonging to a...
Energy Stocks: Chevron, Transocean slip on Brazil charges
Source: MarketWatch
Brasília :: Brazil | updated 2012-07-25 04:12:53 -0700 | political-news
Chevron Corp. and Transocean Ltd. fell Thursday after Brazilian officials lodged criminal charges against the companies and 17 of their employees in connection with an offshore oil leak, while energy stocks overall moved into the red. As part of the...
Brazil bars Chevron execs from leaving over spill
Source: CNN
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2012-05-18 17:05:20 -0700 | business-news
EDT, Sun March 18, 2012 George Buck, chief operating officer for Chevron's Brazil division, is among a group of executives barred from leaving the country as it considers criminal charges stemming from an oil spill. (CNN) -- A federal court...
Chile students resume protests
Source: BBC
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2012-05-16 09:33:20 -0700 | sports-news
Chile students clash with police as protests resume The student protest movement shows no sign of fading Police in Chile have used tear gas and water cannon to break up a protest by thousands of students in Santiago. It was...
U.S. extradites Colombian accused of taking Americans hostage
Source: CNN Blog
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2012-05-12 16:07:43 -0700 | political-news
U.S. authorities have extradited a suspect from Colombia whom they accuse of being involved in taking three American citizens hostage, the Justice Department said. Alexander Beltran Herrera, 35, was scheduled to be arraigned at 11:15 a.m. ET Monday in Washington...
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