World Briefing | The Americas: Haiti: Lesser Charge For Missionary
A Haitian judge said that he dropped kidnapping charges against Laura Silsby and nine other American missionaries because the children they were trying to take out of Haiti were given over freely by their parents. feeds.nytimes.com |
Venezuela's Chavez Meets With Syria's Assad in Caracas
Mr. Assad's tour of Latin America, after Venezuela, will take him to Brazil and Argentina www1.voanews.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Venezuela: Farmer Dies on Hunger Strike Over Land
Franklin Brito, 49, has died in a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez’s land nationalization policies. feeds.nytimes.com |
Vancouver Activists Rally in Support of Tamil Refugees
Canadian government has detained refugee seekers while it determines whether they are a security threat voanews.com |
Arturo Gallegos Castrellón, Los Aztecas Gang Leader, Is Arrested
Arturo Gallegos Castrellón, leader of the gang Los Aztecas, claimed to have ordered 80 percent of the killings in Juárez in the last 15 months. nytimes.com |