| U.S. To Review Stance on U.N. Indigenous Rights Text UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it is reviewing its opposition to a U.N. declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, in a gesture to Native Americans who support the sweeping but non-binding document. feeds.nytimes.com |
Recovering the Dead in Haiti In a devastated quarter of Port-au-Prince, Angel Franco of The Times met Sony. Together, they recorded their encounter. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Cuba: Articles by Castro Laud Ex-Candidate From Mexico Comments by Fidel Castro in support of the runner-up in Mexico’s 2006 presidential election, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, threaten to revive diplomatic tensions between Cuba and Mexico. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Comparison Is Rejected President Obama denied that rising drug violence made Mexico look increasingly like Colombia at the height of its drugs war, rebuffing comments made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. feeds.nytimes.com |
Calderón Proposes Mexico Human Rights Changes President Felipe Calderón, facing international pressure, proposed civilian trials in some abuse cases involving the military. nytimes.com |