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Rebels kill 14 soldiers in Colombia
Dec 23 2006 11:11PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Leftist rebels ambushed an army patrol in southern Colombia Saturday and killed 14 soldiers from a unit that rushed to the area after being warned of a possible guerrilla takeover of a remote hamlet, the army said.
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Purported 'King of Ecstasy' arrested
Dec 23 2006 8:53PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - An Israeli man known as the "King of Ecstasy" and alleged to be one of the world's foremost traffickers of the drug was arrested Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, police said.
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46 Guantanamo suspects OK'd for transfer
Dec 23 2006 7:38PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A review process directed by the Pentagon cleared 46 detainees at the Guantanamo prison camp for transfer this year to their home countries.
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Report: Rains damage Peru mud ruins
Dec 23 2006 5:31PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Heavy rains damaged several adobe walls in the ancient ruins of Chan Chan, the world's largest mud city on Peru's northern coast, the newspaper El Comercio reported Saturday.
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Raul Castro speaks about Cuba food woes
Dec 23 2006 2:34PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Acting president Raul Castro complained to lawmakers about inefficiencies in the island's economy, telling them in comments made public Saturday that there is no excuse for the transportation and food production problems that anger many Cubans.
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Coca spat bares rift over U.S. drug war
Dec 23 2006 3:45AM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Bolstered by the election of a cadre of coca-friendly leaders, opposition is growing across the Andes ridge to a U.S.-led anti-narcotics strategy long seen by people in the region as overbearing and hypocritical.
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