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Haitian president fails to restore order
Apr 9 2008 10:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.
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Haitian president fails to restore order
Apr 9 2008 10:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.
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Haitian president fails to restore order
Apr 9 2008 10:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.
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Haitian president fails to restore order
Apr 9 2008 10:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.
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Haitian president fails to restore order
Apr 9 2008 10:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.
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Haitian president fails to restore order
Apr 9 2008 10:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.
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Haitian president fails to restore order
Apr 9 2008 10:04PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.
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Witness says he was paid in Venezuela
Apr 9 2008 8:57PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A man once considered the star witness in the case of an assassinated prosecutor has recanted testimony that helped convict three men and implicated opponents of President Hugo Chavez.
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5 French tourists killed in Peru crash
Apr 9 2008 8:16PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Five French tourists visiting Peru's Nazca lines were killed Wednesday when their small plane crashed after becoming tangled in power lines, police and witnesses said.
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Jet makes emergency landing in Honduras
Apr 9 2008 7:18PM (CT)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A Continental Airlines jet carrying 76 people made an emergency landing in Honduras on Wednesday after a bird was sucked into one of its engines. There were no reports of injuries.
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Calderon offers fix for Mexican oil
Apr 9 2008 6:27PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A line on a map of the Gulf of Mexico clearly divides U.S. and Mexican claims to potentially vast pools of oil deep below the ocean floor, and multinational companies are busily extracting crude north of this maritime border.
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Calderon offers fix for Mexican oil
Apr 9 2008 6:27PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A line on a map of the Gulf of Mexico clearly divides U.S. and Mexican claims to potentially vast pools of oil deep below the ocean floor, and multinational companies are busily extracting crude north of this maritime border.
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Calderon offers fix for Mexican oil
Apr 9 2008 6:27PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A line on a map of the Gulf of Mexico clearly divides U.S. and Mexican claims to potentially vast pools of oil deep below the ocean floor, and multinational companies are busily extracting crude north of this maritime border.
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Calderon offers fix for Mexican oil
Apr 9 2008 6:27PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A line on a map of the Gulf of Mexico clearly divides U.S. and Mexican claims to potentially vast pools of oil deep below the ocean floor, and multinational companies are busily extracting crude north of this maritime border.
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Calderon offers fix for Mexican oil
Apr 9 2008 6:27PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A line on a map of the Gulf of Mexico clearly divides U.S. and Mexican claims to potentially vast pools of oil deep below the ocean floor, and multinational companies are busily extracting crude north of this maritime border.
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Calderon offers fix for Mexican oil
Apr 9 2008 6:27PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A line on a map of the Gulf of Mexico clearly divides U.S. and Mexican claims to potentially vast pools of oil deep below the ocean floor, and multinational companies are busily extracting crude north of this maritime border.
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Venezuela to nationalize steel maker
Apr 9 2008 6:18PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez's government said Wednesday it will nationalize Venezuela's largest steel maker, bringing one more key industry under state control in its drive toward a socialist economy.
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Venezuela to nationalize steel maker
Apr 9 2008 6:18PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez's government said Wednesday it will nationalize Venezuela's largest steel maker, bringing one more key industry under state control in its drive toward a socialist economy.
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Above-average hurricane season predicted
Apr 9 2008 5:04PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A noted hurricane researcher predicted Wednesday that rising water temperatures in the Atlantic will bring a "well above average" storm season this year, including four major storms.
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Ecuador shakes up security forces
Apr 9 2008 4:55PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador shook up its army and police leadership on Wednesday, the political fallout from a Colombian raid that shattered the president's trust in his security forces.
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Betancourt husband looks for clues
Apr 9 2008 4:21PM (CT)
SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia (AP) - The husband of hostage Ingrid Betancourt vowed Wednesday to visit jungle villages to hunt for clues to her situation following the failure of a French-led effort to aid her.
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Betancourt husband looks for clues
Apr 9 2008 4:21PM (CT)
SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia (AP) - The husband of hostage Ingrid Betancourt vowed Wednesday to visit jungle villages to hunt for clues to her situation following the failure of a French-led effort to aid her.
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Saudi snubs Gitmo war crimes court
Apr 9 2008 12:41PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A relative of a Sept. 11 hijacker vowed Wednesday to boycott his upcoming war crimes trial, dismissing the prosecution of Guantanamo prisoners as a political "sham" that lacks international legitimacy.
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6 soldiers killed in Colombia mine field
Apr 9 2008 12:22AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Six Colombian soldiers were killed Tuesday after they walked into a mine field while pursuing a column of leftist guerrillas, the army said.
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Finnish vandal to leave Easter Island
Apr 9 2008 12:21AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off an ancient Moai on Easter Island is being allowed to go home after paying a US$17,000 (euro10,830) fine and agreeing not to return for three years, police said Tuesday.
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Finnish vandal to leave Easter Island
Apr 9 2008 12:21AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off an ancient Moai on Easter Island is being allowed to go home after paying a US$17,000 (euro10,830) fine and agreeing not to return for three years, police said Tuesday.
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