World
Haiti turning garbage into energy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ginette Sejour will tell you scouring through other people's garbage is a dirty, smelly way to make a living...
Judge orders ex-Venezuela governor to remain in custody
CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan judge on Wednesday ordered a former state governor and critic of President Hugo Chavez to remain in custody without bail while facing charges of conspiracy, incitement and spreading false information...
US ambassador leaves Syria after ‘credible threats’ to safety
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has temporarily...
40 Cuban dissidents beaten, detained after visiting political prisoner’s tomb, activists...
MIAMI — Cuban security agents beat and detained about 40 dissidents after the mother of the late political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo and her supporters prayed at his tomb, activists reported Monday...
Libyan rebels battle lingering resistance; Gadhafi still in hiding
TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebels continued to fight for...
Africa’s population boom traps children in poverty
KANO, Nigeria — The boy stepped into the grubby street...
Relief groups in Haiti prepare for next stage of disaster: disease
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Homeless camps of soiled, colored tarps fashioned into makeshift tents now dot this city, including a park next to Haiti's presidential palace. They are refuges for earthquake victims and giant Petri dishes for a plague...
Suspect in Norway attacks charged, denied public platform in court
OSLO, Norway — It was supposed to be a defining moment for Norwegian terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik...
Iraq’s national elections in jeopardy after vice president’s veto
BAGHDAD — Iraq's pivotal national elections were thrown back...
Honduras’ business leaders hope elections restore investors’ faith
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Just days after Honduras' recent presidential elections, Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce members gathered for their monthly meeting and breathed a collective sigh of relief...
