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Guatemalan Bus Plunges Off Cliff , Kills At Least 43

13.09.2013 18:21
GUATEMALA CITY - At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a bus went off a cliff on a hairpin bend in rural Guatemala , tumbling some 200 meters (660 feet ) into a river at the bottom of a ravine, officials said . Rescue workers said the bus, which plunged off of a paved...

Puerto Rico Airport Terminal Evacuated after Bomb Threat

13.09.2013 18:18
SAN JUAN – Terminal A of the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport in San Juan , used by Jet Blue, was evacuated today after local police received a telephone bomb threat . Units of the Police, the Port Authority and firefighters rushed to the site to search the airport. At this time there is no information...

500 People Evacuated and 50 , 000 Acres Burned in Argentina Forest Fire

13.09.2013 18:16
CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA – Thousands of hectares of forest and pasture have burned and nearly 500 persons have been evacuated as a result of forest fires, fed by high winds and hot temperatures, that threaten several states in Central Argentina . The government of President Cristina Fernández announced...

Chile 's '9 / 11 ': 40 Years After the Pinochet Coup

13.09.2013 18:15
SANTIAGO , CHILE – Chile 's president called for national reconciliation Wednesday as the country, amid violent protests , marked the 40th anniversary of a coup that brought dictator Augusto Pinochet to power. " The time has come not to forget, but to overcome the traumas of the past ," Sebastian...

Canadian Drug Mule Wearing Pregnant Belly Suit Caught with 2 kg of Cocaine

13.09.2013 18:13
BOGOTÁ , COLOMBIA – Colombian authorities said they arrested a Canadian woman at Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport on Tuesday trying to smuggle two kilograms of cocaine, stashed under a fake pregnant belly prop, out of the country. Twenty-eight- year -old Ritchie Tabatha Leah, a social...

Nicaragua , Colombia Agree to Talks to Ease Tensions Over Disputed Territorial Waters

13.09.2013 18:12
BOGOTÁ , COLOMBIA – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Tuesday he accepts Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' offer to talk about the ongoing territorial dispute over waters surrounding San Andres and Providencia islands, adding he agrees the dispute should not lead to a...

Peru Coca Growers Switch to Coffee, Battle Fungus

13.09.2013 18:10
LIMA, PERU - Peru's anti -drug strategy hinges on persuading farmers to grow coffee instead of coca, the raw material of cocaine, but low prices and plant disease are getting in the way . President Ollanta Humala's government is allocating $ 35 million to help coffee growers pay off debts and cope...

Panama Joins Colombia in Nicaragua Territory Spat

13.09.2013 18:08
PANAMA CITY – Panama’ s President Ricardo Martinelli says his government will join others to Panama ’s President Ricardo Martinelli says his government will join others to face Nicaragua ’s territorial claims . “ We will fight as a country individually or jointly . We cannot allow that...

Cubans Make Yellow - Ribbon Appeal To U.S . Over Imprisoned Spies

13.09.2013 18:06
HAVANA - Cuba held a day of protest on Thursday over four intelligence agents imprisoned in the United States , displaying yellow ribbons to show national support for bringing the men home on the 15th anniversary of their arrest in Florida. It was the largest anti -U .S . protest staged in the...

Syria government forces executed at least 248 civilians: human rights group

13.09.2013 16:47
Syrian government forces and pro- regime militias summarily executed at least 248 men, women and children in one of the deadliest attacks since the start of the conflict in Syria more than two years ago, a report from Human Rights Watch said Friday. The killings took place in the towns of al-Bayda...
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