| Containing Flu Is Not Feasible, Specialists Say Closing borders or restricting travel to thwart a flu virus would provide a marginal benefit at a very heavy economic cost, analysts say. nytimes.com |
Gangs Blamed as 19 Inmates Die in Prison Melee in Mexico Fighting broke out in a state-run, low-security prison about 135 miles south of the Texas border. nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Honduras: Gunmen Kill Drug Official Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Honduras’s top antidrug official Tuesday as he rode in his car in the capital, Tegucigalpa. feeds.nytimes.com |
A Rescue at U.N. Headquarters, as Others Wait and Hope A Danish staff member was pulled from the rubble on Sunday, and during a visit, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed sympathy for those still trapped. feeds.nytimes.com |
Haitians Crowd Few Banks Reopening After Quake Many rely on remittances from family members in US and elsewhere, and many have stepped up transfers since quake www1.voanews.com |