| Voodooists Honor Victims of Haiti's Earthquake PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Hundreds of Voodoo practitioners chanted, prayed and pounded drums Sunday to honor earthquake victims in an unusually public ceremony for a religion most often celebrated in private homes. feeds.nytimes.com |
Scientist Says Bolivar Likely Died Of Poison CARACAS (Reuters) - A U.S. scientist is supporting a theory that has been widely dismissed as a personal obsession of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez: that his hero Simon Bolivar might have died from arsenic poisoning. feeds.nytimes.com |
Red Cross: Crucial to Provide Sanitation to Haiti Earthquake Victims Red Cross officials say situation in Haiti was dire before the earthquake, critical now www1.voanews.com |
Brazil Unveils $200M Plan to Save Savanna BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's government has unveiled plans to slow the deforestation and help halt the wildfires that destroy its tropical savanna. feeds.nytimes.com |
Ecuadoran President Attacked by Striking Police, Protesters Protesters pushed and shoved President Rafael Correa as he attempted to address them Thursday outside a police barracks in Quito voanews.com |