| Strong Quake Kills 2 in Mexico, Rattles US States MEXICALI, Mexico (AP) -- Aftershocks rattled the southwest Mexico-U.S. border on Monday morning in the aftermath of a major earthquake that killed two people, blacked out cities and forced the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes. feeds.nytimes.com |
Ban Urges Canada to Put Environment on G20 Agenda TORONTO (AP) -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday urged Canada's Conservative government to champion climate change and the world's poor at next month's G-20 and G-8 summits. feeds.nytimes.com |
UNESCO Says Galapagos Islands No Longer Threatened United Nations panel has voted to remove Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites. www1.voanews.com |
The Female Factor: A Woman Rises in Brazil Latin America is no stranger to female leaders, but not many can match the radical political trajectory of Dilma Rousseff, the onetime guerrilla leader who stands to become Brazil's first female president. feeds.nytimes.com |
Rescue of Chilean Miners Advancing Smoothly Chilean officials say operation to rescue 33 trapped miners moving smoothly voanews.com |