| Swine Flu Hurts Mexican Stocks, Currency Mexico's main stock index falls six percent in afternoon trading while the Peso was down more than three percent against the U.S. dollar voanews.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: Chávez’s Ire Is Not Reciprocated Colombia said that it would try to keep trade flowing with Venezuela a day after the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, said he would halt trade with Colombia. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: El Salvador: Storm Damage Prompts Call for Food Aid At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after floods and mudslides destroyed huge areas of crops during harvest season, the World Food Program said. feeds.nytimes.com |
Quake Aid Trickles Through Haiti's Cramped Airport PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- U.S. military air traffic controllers are scrambling to keep earthquake aid flowing into the Haitian capital without the use of a control tower or radar, and amid struggles over fuel, tarmac space and even staircases to access planes. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mexican Prison Brawl Leaves 23 Dead MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Twenty-three inmates were killed and several others injured during a prison brawl Wednesday morning at a northern Mexico penitentiary, prison officials said. feeds.nytimes.com |