25-Year Sentence for Argentine Ex-Leader Bignone
The last leader of Argentina’s dictatorship got 25 years in prison for his involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of 56 people in a clandestine concentration camp. feeds.nytimes.com |
New Video Shows Haiti Earthquake
Harrowing security camera video has been released showing the crumbling of Haiti's national palace during the devastating earthquake that struck the country on January 12. feeds.nytimes.com |
Books of The Times: ‘The Sugar King of Havana,’ by John Paul Rathbone
A biography of prerevolutionary Cuba’s richest mogul looks at how the other half lived before Castro. feeds.nytimes.com |
US Sex Offenders See Sanctuary in Caribbean Sun
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Jeffrey Allen Weathers moved from Alaska to an oceanfront apartment in the Caribbean, but his new neighbors soon suspected the heavyset American hadn't come for the sun. The FBI now says they were right. feeds.nytimes.com |
Marijuana Seized in Mexican Raid
11 people were arrested and Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of marijuana on Monday, by far the biggest such bust in Mexico in recent years. nytimes.com |