Billions for Haiti Pledged at UN Donors Conference
International donors are pledging billions of dollars in assistance to help Haiti recover from this year's devastating earthquake www1.voanews.com |
More Than 7 Years in Prison for Chavez Critic
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A former Venezuelan defense minister and critic of President Hugo Chavez was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Friday after being convicted of embezzlement and abuse of power. feeds.nytimes.com |
France Will Not Repay Haiti Reparations
Haitians who suspected that an announcement that France would pay Haiti $22 billion, to make up for forcing the former French colony to pay an equivalent sum in exchange for its independence in the nineteenth century, was too good to be true were proved right on Thursday, as an elaborate hoax was revealed. feeds.nytimes.com |
Sidebar: Family Fight, Border Patrol Raid, Baby Deported
Monica Castro has asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal in her suit against the government over the deportation of her daughter, an American citizen. feeds.nytimes.com |
Poor Mexicans Easy Scapegoats In Vicious Drug War
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The 24-year-old Mexican says he was smoking a joint on a street corner when soldiers hauled him off and accused him of being one more drug smuggler terrorizing the border city of Ciudad Juarez. feeds.nytimes.com |