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Mexican cops fire in air during protests
Aug 7 2006 11:59PM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Police fired shots into the air Monday to clear more than 100 protesters from outside the state economy ministry, the latest incident in a wave of confrontations and protests that have driven many tourists out of this historic Mexican city.
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U.N. plans to increase security in Haiti
Aug 7 2006 11:27PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The United Nations intends to step up security in Haiti in an effort to crack down on gangs that are "kidnapping and terrorizing ordinary people," the U.N. chief in Haiti said Monday.
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U.S. asked to not interfere in Cuba
Aug 7 2006 11:18PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Leftist intellectuals and human rights activists from around the world pleaded with the United States on Monday not to interfere with Cuba while Fidel Castro recovers from intestinal surgery, and Cuba's parliament speaker warned the U.S. would face dire consequences if it did.
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Election protesters rally in Mexico City
Aug 7 2006 11:06PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador led thousands of protesters outside Mexico's top electoral court on Monday to demand a total recount in the presidential election, warning that he would start a long-term radical movement if the court did not agree.
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Violence flares up again in Sao Paulo
Aug 7 2006 9:15PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Assailants sprayed gunfire at police, set off bombs outside government buildings, and torched buses and banks Monday in a new wave of attacks that authorities suspect were ordered by gang leaders from behind bars.
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Argentines give thanks for jobs
Aug 7 2006 6:14PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Thousands of Argentines traveled to a religious shrine Monday, some tearfully raising stalks of wheat symbolizing jobs gained, to give thanks for an improving economy that has cut the unemployment rate to close to single digits for the first time in 13 years.
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Colombian president begins his 2nd term
Aug 7 2006 5:03PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe inaugurated an unprecedented second term Monday, promising to seek an elusive peace with leftist rebels while maintaining the hardline security policies credited with a sharp drop in murder and kidnappings.
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Dissidents see slow change in Cuba
Aug 7 2006 3:41PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Dissidents like Oswaldo Paya say Fidel Castro's illness has changed the communist country forever by exposing a system ruled by one man for nearly a half century to the influence of others _ even if only temporarily.
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Chavez accuses Israel of 'new Holocaust'
Aug 7 2006 1:59AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday renewed his criticism of Israel's military offensive in Lebanon, calling it a "new Holocaust."
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