| Uncertain Path to Recovery for Haiti's Amputees PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Three-year-old Stefi Pierre giggles with delight as she uses her new artificial leg to launch a soccer ball across the room -- a joyful moment with foreign aid workers that masks the uncertain future for her and thousands of other amputees in Haiti. feeds.nytimes.com |
Brazil: Rancher Found Guilty in Killing of US Nun RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A jury convicted a Brazilian rancher early Saturday of orchestrating the murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Cuba: Number of Political Prisoners Is Lowest Since ’59 The number of political prisoners in Cuba has dropped to 167, the independent Cuban Commission on Human Rights said Monday. feeds.nytimes.com |
Brazilian Man Kills Wife With Sledgehammer SAO PAULO (AP) -- A Brazilian court says it has convicted a 73-year-old man of killing his wife with a sledgehammer on Christmas Day five years ago because he believed she had cheated on him and wanted to spend all his money. feeds.nytimes.com |
Landslide Buries Hundreds Of Homes In Mexico OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - A landslide buried some 300 homes in a poor, remote area of southwestern Mexico early on Tuesday, possibly killing hundreds of people while they slept. feeds.nytimes.com |