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Guatemala reopening international adoptions
12:58PM CT
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.
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Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements
10:57AM CT
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians.
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Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat
2:10AM CT
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.
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Mexico City's transit improvements on track
Nov 19 2009 3:49PM CT
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities.
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Obama answers questions from top Cuban blogger
Nov 19 2009 1:05PM CT
HAVANA (AP) - President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
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1st monument at Guyana's Jonestown suicide site
Nov 19 2009 12:23PM CT
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - It has taken more than 30 years, but the government of Guyana has erected a memorial plaque at the site of the Jonestown cult massacre, a dark episode the South American country had long sought to downplay.
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Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees
Nov 19 2009 7:20AM CT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison — partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.
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