| Global Agricultural Conference Hears Calls for Greater Research and Investment Participants seek action plan to ensure food security, end world hunger www1.voanews.com |
Cuba Dismisses Transportation, Sugar Ministers HAVANA (AP) -- President Raul Castro has fired Cuba's transportation minister for professional mistakes and replaced the head of the Sugar Ministry after he admitted incompetence, the latest in a growing series of leadership shake-ups. feeds.nytimes.com |
Cuba's Roman Catholic Church Announces Release of 12 More Prisoners 52 are among 75 people arrested and sentenced to lengthy prison terms during government crackdown in March of 2003 www1.voanews.com |
Correction: Chile Mine-Baby Story COPIAPO, Chile (AP) -- In a story Sept. 14 about the birth of a baby whose father is trapped in a mine, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Esperanza Elizabeth Ticona is Ariel Ticona's first child. She is his first girl. He also has two sons. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mexico Seeks to Unify Police to Fight Drugs The proposal to alter the nation’s police comes at a critical moment for President Felipe Calderón, who faces pressure to demonstrate progress in defeating the drug cartels. feeds.nytimes.com |