| Colombian "Boy Bomb" Killed At Police Station BOGOTA (Reuters) - A schoolboy carrying a rebel-made bomb died when it exploded before he reached its police station target, officials said on Friday, marking the rare use of a child in such attacks in Colombia's war. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Brazil: No Change to Amnesty Law The Supreme Court has rejected a motion to modify an amnesty law so that officials accused of human-rights abuses under Brazil’s military dictatorship would have to stand trial. feeds.nytimes.com |
Haitian Orphans Have Little but One Another A makeshift orphanage and improvised family face an uncertain future as an eviction looms. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Cuba: Castro Explains His Words Fidel Castro said Friday that his recent comment that Cuba’s economic model did not work was badly understood and that what he really meant was that capitalism did not work. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Mayor of Western Town Is Murdered It was the fifth killing of a mayor in Mexico in six weeks and the 11th this year. feeds.nytimes.com |