| Swine Flu Hurts Oil Prices and Stock Markets Worries about spread of swine flu virus push down oil prices and stock markets in US, Europe, and Mexico Monday voanews.com |
Buenos Aires Journal: Lost in an Abyss of Drugs, and Entangled by Poverty Paco, a highly addictive drug, has become the greatest social challenge facing shantytowns in Buenos Aires. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: 9 Soldiers Killed in Attack by Rebels The offensive by guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia took place in the southwest part of the country that officials say the guerrillas use for cocaine smuggling. feeds.nytimes.com |
U.N. To Launch Haiti Emergency Appeal For $550 Million GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. aid agencies will launch an emergency appeal to raise for about $550 million to help survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday. feeds.nytimes.com |
6.1 Magnitude Aftershock Hits Haiti A strong earthquake has hit Haiti, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets. feeds.nytimes.com |