| ILO: Global Financial Crisis Could Lead to More Child Labor International Labor Organization is highlighting plight of girls in a new report that finds girls are just as likely as boys to be forced into some of most hazardous forms of child labor voanews.com |
Cuba ‘Peace Concert’ Draws Multitudes Some Cuban-Americans said the performers were lending support to the island’s Communist government simply by showing up. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mexico Deals a Blow to a Cartel but Warns of Continued Drug-Related Violence Arturo Beltrán Leyva, one of Mexico’s three most wanted drug kingpins, was killed Wednesday in an assault on his apartment. feeds.nytimes.com |
Chavez Warns Businesses After Currency Devaluation CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez ordered soldiers to seek out businesses that raise prices after a sharp devaluation of the bolivar currency last week, saying he will expropriate firms that engage in price gouging. feeds.nytimes.com |
Quake - Hit Haiti Radio Stations Broadcast From Street PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Outside their wrecked headquarters, Radio Caraibe's presenters broadcast from a makeshift studio spilling over a pavement in Haiti's quake-hit capital, supplying news and messages about aid and victims. feeds.nytimes.com |