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Cuban dissidents remember 2003 crackdown
Mar 17 2006 11:38PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuban dissidents and their supporters on Friday commemorated the crackdown that jailed 75 opponents of the government three years ago, asking the world not to forget them.
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Bus crash kills 12 on Mexico City outskirts
Mar 17 2006 10:46PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A bus carrying dozens of teenagers on a school field trip toppled off a bridge on the outskirts of Mexico's capital on Friday, killing 12 people and injuring at least 25, authorities said.
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Mom thinks kidnapped son alive in Colombia
Mar 17 2006 10:44PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The mother of one of three American defense contractors kidnapped three years ago by Colombian rebels said Friday she doesn't think remains found in a mass grave were those of the men.
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Activists pledge to fight for their water
Mar 17 2006 9:28PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Water is worth fighting for _ even to the death, activists holding an "alternate" forum outside the world water summit said Friday.
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Uruguayan TV show mishap kills seven
Mar 17 2006 8:13PM (CT)
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Seven residents of a Uruguayan town were killed on Friday when they were run over by a train they were pushing as part of a reality television show aimed at raising funds for a local hospital, police said.
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Indian trade protests fading in Ecuador
Mar 17 2006 5:31PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Protests by Ecuador's powerful Indian movement against a U.S. free-trade plan appeared to lose force Friday, with demonstrators concentrated in only one central highland province and sporadic blockades of secondary roads elsewhere.
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Protesters say water wars turning deadly
Mar 17 2006 2:57PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Water is worth fighting for _ even to the death, activists holding an "alternate" forum outside the world water summit said Friday. That attitude might seem strange in developed countries, where water flows at the touch of a faucet. But it isn't nearly as accessible in the developing world.
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