| In Colombia, Car Bombing Death Toll Reaches 9 Dead BOGOTA (AP) -- The death toll from a car bombing has risen to nine in Colombia's Pacific port of Buenaventura. feeds.nytimes.com |
Brazil's Vale Buys Stake in British BSG Resources RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazilian mining company Vale says it will buy a 51 percent stake in England-based BSG Resources in a $2.5 billion all-cash deal. feeds.nytimes.com |
Panama Says Mines Set by Colombian Rebels Security Minister Jose Mulino says drug-running Colombian rebels planted landmines in Panama near countries' shared border www1.voanews.com |
Fidel Castro Has Second Thoughts Fidel Castro told an American reporter that Cuba's communist economic model has proved to be a failure and Iran should scrap its anti-Semitism. feeds.nytimes.com |
Chile: Trapped Miners Get Brad Pitt, Censored News They get laundry service, TV, three hot meals a day and even ice cream for dessert. Everyday life for the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground now includes some of the comforts of home — at least those that can be lowered through narrow holes. feeds.nytimes.com |