| At Least 5 Dead in Peru Mudslide From Heavy Rain LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian police say five people have been killed by a mudslide set off by heavy rains in a remote community of wildcat miners in the southeastern Andes. feeds.nytimes.com |
Hundreds of Thousands March to Mark Cuba's May Day HAVANA (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through the sprawling, concrete expanses of Revolution Plaza on Saturday in annual May Day celebrations that the government said prove the island supports its communist system even amid mounting international criticism over human rights. feeds.nytimes.com |
Kenya, Brazil Sign Trade Deals Kenyan President Kibaki and his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva attended signing of five agreements www1.voanews.com |
Planned Haiti Hotel Would Be Biggest Of Its Kind Since Quake MIAMI (Reuters) - An Argentine energy and agribusiness entrepreneur on Monday announced plans with a Haiti-based business group to build a $33 million, 240-room business hotel in the earthquake-ravaged Haitian capital. feeds.nytimes.com |
Death Toll in Mexico Mudslides Up to 23; 9 Missing A rain-soaked hillside crumbled and crushed an elderly couple in their home Thursday, raising the death toll from a series of landslides across southern Mexico this week to at least 23. The search continued for at least nine missing people. feeds.nytimes.com |