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Censors come out at Guantanamo Bay war crimes hearing

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:53 -0400

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A reference to harsh treatment at CIA prisons brought out Guantanamo's censors Thursday as an official of the war crimes court abruptly...

Man detained in wife's death on cruise to Mexico

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:58:57 -0400

SAN DIEGO - The FBI questioned a cruise ship passenger Thursday over the death of his wife, who was killed in their cabin during a trip to Mexico. The man, identified only...

Police eye wife in Gatti's death, rule out nothing

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:51:19 -0400

RIO DE JANEIRO - Police investigating the death of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti are working on the assumption his wife strangled him with her purse strap while he drunkenly...

No easy end in sight for Honduras coup crisis

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:22:05 -0400

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Delegates representing the ousted and interim governments of Honduras failed to forge an agreement during a second day of talks and no fixed date was...

Haitian ferry capsizes; at least 6 dead

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:46:49 -0400

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A ferry has capsized off Haiti's southern coast, killing at least six people. Dozens are missing. Civil protection official Jean-Michel Sabbat...

Canada tells its tourists that Haiti is safer

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:41:56 -0400

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Canada is relaxing its Haiti travel advisory because of improving security in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Haitian officials hope the Friday...

Ships ending search for Air France black boxes

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:04:11 -0400

RIO DE JANEIRO - An American colonel says two ships searching for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 are ending their hunt. A French nuclear submarine is continuing...

Cuba acknowledges top pitcher's desertion

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:46:27 -0400

HAVANA - Cuba has acknowledged the defection of pitcher Aroldis Chapman, a week after he walked away from a tournament in the Netherlands. The Communist Party daily Granma...

Honduran rivals don't change stubborn positions

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:30:11 -0400

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Hopes for a quick resolution to the post-coup leadership crisis in Honduras have dimmed, with the two rivals fighting over the presidency refusing to...

Guatemalan court rules in favor of tweet author

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:46:48 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY - An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message resulted in his arrest on charges of inciting financial...