| Travel Agents Booking Trips to Cuba Win Suit Florida travel agencies that book trips to Cuba gained a victory when a federal district judge overturned a state law that required them to post a bond of $250,000 each. feeds.nytimes.com |
Opposition Wins Majority in Mexican Midterm Vote With voters choosing members of Congress, governors and other officials in midterm elections, there have been calls for the casting of blank protest votes. nytimes.com |
Las Gaviotas Journal: An Isolated Village Finds the Energy to Keep Going Visitors to a remote village in Colombia can get a glimpse into a four-decade experiment to alter civilization’s dependence on finite fossil fuels and industrial agriculture. feeds.nytimes.com |
Correction: Venezuela-US Story CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- In a Dec. 31 story about Venezuela's complaints about the U.S. military using airstrips on nearby Dutch islands, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date on which U.S. officials say a Navy plane accidentally strayed into Venezuelan airspace. The incident occurred in May 2008, not May 2009. feeds.nytimes.com |
Haitian Doctor Takes 100 Patients Into His Home PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- It wasn't long after Tuesday's earthquake leveled nearly all of the houses next to Claude Surena's that neighbors started showing up at his doorstep. feeds.nytimes.com |