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Brazil probe: No proof of bribes-for-votes
Nov 17 2005 10:38PM (CT)
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - A congressional investigation found no evidence of an alleged bribes-for-votes scheme, the head of the probe said Thursday, reporting on a scandal that has rocked Brazil's government.
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Castro meets with Cuba's Catholic leaders
Nov 17 2005 9:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro met with top leaders of Cuba's Roman Catholic church to mark 70 years of diplomatic ties with the Vatican, the island's official media reported Thursday.
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Fit-looking Castro makes public appearance
Nov 17 2005 9:03PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A cheerful and fit-looking Fidel Castro hugged and chatted with university leaders on Thursday, making his first public appearance following new reports about possibly ill health.
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Guantanamo inmate tries suicide again
Nov 17 2005 6:33PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Bahraini man being held at the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay attempted suicide this week for the ninth time and has begun a hunger strike, according to newly released court documents.
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Belize man charged in U.S. woman's death
Nov 17 2005 5:56PM (CT)
BELIZE CITY (AP) - Police in Belize said Thursday that they have charged a young man with killing a 20-year-old American tourist, Julia Armstrong Minard.
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Strong quake rocks northern Chile, Bolivia
Nov 17 2005 5:15PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A strong earthquake rocked northern Chile and parts of Bolivia on Thursday, sending residents fleeing out of buildings and temporarily knocking out telephones and electricity. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
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Venezuela to expand land reform next year
Nov 17 2005 5:02PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's government will expand a land reform program next year to take control of some 3.7 million acres of "idle" farm land and turn it over to cooperatives of poor farmers, an official said Thursday.
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Zimbabwe accepts U.N. emergency housing
Nov 17 2005 4:25PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe has backtracked on its refusal to allow the U.N. to help build emergency housing for people whose homes were demolished in a government eviction campaign.
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Haitian elections postponed a third time
Nov 17 2005 3:59PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's first elections since the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have been postponed for the third time this year, the interim prime minister said Thursday.
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Central America's poor hit hard by storm
Nov 17 2005 2:55PM (CT)
PANABAJ, Guatemala (AP) - Francisca Xicay didn't just lose her home to rains that pounded Central America in early October. The 16-year-old also lost her meager source of income: hand-woven bracelets she sold to tourists, earning about $80 a month.
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Guatemala pledges more anti-drug efforts
Nov 17 2005 6:20AM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Police found five packages of cocaine and thousands of dollars in cash in the office of Guatemala's top anti-drug cop, shortly after he was lured to America and arrested on charges of conspiring to ship cocaine into the United States.
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