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Guyana's ruling party declared winner
Aug 31 2006 11:21PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - President Bharrat Jagdeo has won re-election and his ruling People's Progressive Party increased its majority in Guyana's parliament, the elections commission said Thursday.
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Venezuela sentences 24 for student slays
Aug 31 2006 10:57PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A court has sentenced 19 soldiers and five police to prison terms of 10 to 30 years in the shooting deaths of three university students, authorities said Thursday.
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John forces evacuations; tourists flee
Aug 31 2006 10:38PM (CT)
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) - Tourists fled hotels and desperately sought flights home, while at least 15,000 residents were ordered to higher ground Thursday as a slightly weakened Hurricane John bore down on the resort of Cabo San Lucas.
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Cuban dissident ends hunger strike
Aug 31 2006 10:36PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A dissident journalist who refused to eat solid foods for nearly seven months in his demand for full Internet access for all Cubans has ended his hunger strike, his mother said Thursday.
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Argentines protest against violent crime
Aug 31 2006 10:02PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters held aloft candles and photographs of murder victims Thursday night, exhorting President Nestor Kirchner to get tough against rampant crime.
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Ex-Argentina leader testifies at trial
Aug 31 2006 2:24AM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The first civilian president after Argentina's dictatorship ended in 1983 defended his administration's amnesty laws while testifying at a human rights trial, but said he felt relieved when the laws were overturned.
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