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Americas: Brazil Proposes to Regulate Foreign Travel to Amazon
 | A car is seen on a road that crosses the dense Amazon rainforest near northern city of Manaus, Brazil (2007... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:23 PM
Americas: France to Launch Bid to Free FARC Hostages
 | Ingrid Betancourt (Nov 2007 file photo)The Foreign Ministry of France has announced a new initiative to free French-Colombian hostage Ingrid... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:22 PM
Americas: Cuba to Raise Pension Payments, Some Government Worker Salaries
Cuba's government says it will raise pension payments to retirees and increase the salaries of some government workers.Sunday's announcement says...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:22 PM
Americas: Haiti's Preval Names New Prime Minister
 | Rene Preval (file)Haitian President Rene Preval has chosen an official with the Inter-American Development Bank to be the country's new... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:22 PM
Americas: Thousands Protest Mexico Energy Reform Plan
Thousands of Mexicans took to the streets of Mexico City to protest an energy reform proposal that would allow more...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:22 PM
Americas: Venezuela's Chavez Threatens Ternium Sidor Expropriation
 | Hugo ChavezVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening to expropriate steelmaker Ternium Sidor, if the company can not reach an agreement... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:22 PM
Americas: Economic Stresses, Biofuel Production Add to Food Crisis Pressures
 | The World Food Program warns that rising food prices could turn into a global crisis unless the world acts quickly. ... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:22 PM
Americas: UN Holds Food Crisis Talks in Switzerland
 | U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:21 PM
Americas: Peru's High Court Upholds 6-Year Prison Sentence of Former President Fujimori
 | Alberto Fujimori waves before a session of his trial at a police base in Lima (file)Peru's Supreme Court has upheld... |
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:08 PM
Americas: Betancourt Kidnapper Apologizes to French President
| Ingrid Betancourt (Nov 2007 file photo)The former leftist rebel in Colombia who kidnapped former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt six years... |
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:08 PM
Americas: US Lawmakers Urge Action on Haiti
 | A group of U.S. lawmakers is urging the Bush administration to do more to help alleviate food shortages in Haiti,... |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:06 PM
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Americas: Food Inflation Hits World's Poor Hardest
 | The rising cost of food has triggered riots in a number of countries in recent weeks. Economic policy makers warn... |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:10 PM
Americas: Thousands Evacuated After Volcanic Eruption in Southwest Colombia
 | Nevado del Huila volcano in the southwestern state of Huila, Colombia (File)Colombian authorities are evacuating thousands of people after a... |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:08 PM
Americas: New Study Shows Women Making Progress on Political Scene
 | Nearly 18 percent of the members of parliament, worldwide, are women, according to a new study released this week as... |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:07 AM
Americas: Businesses Reopen in Haiti After Food Protests
 | Businesses in the Haitian capital reopened Monday after days of riots sparked by rising food and fuel prices. Haiti's president... |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:06 AM
Americas: Bush Expresses Disappointment Over US-Colombia Trade Deal
 | President George W. Bush, left, talks to reporters following Cabinet meeting at White House, 14 Apr 2008 President Bush says... |
Monday, April 14, 2008 2:10 PM
Americas: Haiti Seeks New Prime Minister After Food Riots
 | Leaders in Haiti are looking for a new prime minister as the Caribbean nation tries to recover from a week... |
Monday, April 14, 2008 12:07 PM
Americas: UN Peacekeeper Killed in Haiti
 | Nigerian UN peacekeepers stand inside the truck containing the body of a fellow soldier in Port-au-Prince, 12 Apr 2008U.N. officials... |
Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:06 PM
Americas: Olympic Torch Carried through Argentine Capital
 | Argentine athletes and celebrities have carried the Olympic torch through downtown Buenos Aires, past hundreds of China supporters and protesters.... |
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:12 PM
Americas: Leftists Shut Down Mexican Congress to Block Energy Reform
 | This has been a turbulent week in Mexico, where leftist militants continue to hold both houses of Congress in protest... |
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:11 PM
Americas: IMF: Economic Growth Will Slow in Latin America
A new report from the International Monetary Fund urges officials in Latin America to help the poor cope with rising...
Friday, April 11, 2008 3:09 PM
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Americas: 6 Million in Mali to be Vaccinated Against Yellow Fever
 | The World Health Organization (WHO) begins a weeklong campaign on Saturday to vaccinate nearly six million people against yellow fever... |
Friday, April 11, 2008 2:10 PM
Americas: Chilean Lake Suddenly Disappears
 | The Cachet lake partially dried, in Aysen, southern Chile, 07 Apr 2008 (photo released by Centro de Estudios Cientificos)A glacial... |
Friday, April 11, 2008 2:09 PM
Americas: Olympic Flame Arrives in Argentina
 | A banner demanding freedom for Tibet in front of a McDonalds restaurant, in Buenos Aires, 10 Apr 2008The Olympic torch... |
Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:07 PM
Americas: Haitian Lawmakers Urge Prime Minister to Resign After Food Protests
| A man walks past burning barricade during an anti-government demonstration in Port-au-Prince, 07 April 2008A group of opposition lawmakers in... |
Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:09 PM
Americas: US Congress to Vote on Measure to Stall Colombia Free Trade Pact
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on a plan to delay the hotly disputed Colombia free...
Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:08 PM
Americas: Haitian President Calls for End to Violence
| A man bleeds as he is led away in a police truck after being detained for trying to break into... |
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 8:11 PM
Americas: Bush Administration Criticizes US House Plan to Stall Colombia Free Trade Pact
 | Members of the Bush administration harshly criticized U.S. lawmakers for a plan to stall the hotly-disputed Colombian free trade agreement.President... |
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 6:10 PM
Americas: Venezuela to Nationalize Country's Largest Steelmaker
 | The Venezuelan government says it plans to nationalize the country's largest steelmaker, bringing one more key industry under state control... |
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 6:08 PM
Americas: French FM to Go to Colombia in Effort to Free Hostage
 | French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner during a press conference at Foreign Ministry in Paris, 08 Apr 2008French Foreign Minister Bernard... |
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 12:10 PM
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