World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Reward Offered for Help in Solving Journalist’s Murder
Federal prosecutors offered a reward of $380,000 to help solve the murder of a newspaper journalist whose body was found dumped in a canal in the northern state of Coahuila this week. feeds.nytimes.com |
UN Chief Says Haiti Has Chance to Progress
Ban Ki-moon says country is moving toward future of peaceful development following decades of conflict voanews.com |
Obama Writes to Brazil’s Leader About Iran
President Obama reiterated the American position on Iran’s nuclear program a day before Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visited Brazil. feeds.nytimes.com |
Business Briefing | Labor: Contract Talks at Chilean Copper Mine Break Down
Union representatives for Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper miners in Chile said that last-minute contract talks broke down, ending an effort to head off a strike set to begin on Monday. feeds.nytimes.com |
Yemen, Fearing Militants, Stops Giving Visas At Airport
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen will stop issuing tourist visas on arrival to foreigners to prevent militants from entering the country as it steps up its war on al Qaeda, a government official and state media said on Thursday. feeds.nytimes.com |