Tropical storm warnings and watches are posted for parts of the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Emily moves on a track that is expected to bring its center across Hispaniola late Wednesday. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola. The news is particularly bad for Haiti, where thousands of people still live in […]
Tropical Storm Emily Barrels Toward Haiti And Dominican Republic
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
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Mexican Prison Director Arrested After 17 Die in Prison Fight
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
Mexican authorities confirmed Tuesday that the director of a prison in Ciudad Juarez and four guards at the facility have been taken into custody in connection with a July 25 fight that resulted in the death of 17 inmates. Chihuahua state officials said in a statement Tuesday that state prison director Lucio Cuevas is accused […]
Haiti Lawmakers Reject Second Pick for Prime Minister
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
Haitian lawmakers Tuesday rejected President Michel Martelly’s second pick for prime minister. Lawmakers rejection of Bernard Gousse, a controversial lawyer and former justice minister, delivers a major blow to President Martelly’s efforts to get a new government in place nearly three months after taking office. Sixteen members of the 30-seat Haitian Senate voted against Gousse. […]
Tropical Storm Emily Heads Toward Haiti, Dominican Republic
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
Tropical storm warnings and watches are posted for parts of the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Emily moves on a track that is expected to bring its center across Hispaniola late Wednesday. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola. The news is particularly bad for Haiti, where thousands of people still live in […]
Former Guatemalan Soldiers Sentenced in Civil War Trial
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
A Guatemalan court Tuesday sentenced four former soldiers to 6,060 years in prison each for the 1982 massacre of 201 men, women and children during the Guatemalan civil war. The court sentenced them to 30 years for each person killed, plus an additional 30 years for each murder as a crime against humanity. The length […]
Tropical Storm Emily Heads Toward Hispaniola
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 12:10 am (UTC-5)
Tropical storm warnings and watches are posted for parts of the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Emily moves on a track that is expected to bring its center across Hispaniola late Wednesday. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola. The news is particularly bad for Haiti, where thousands of people still live in […]
Obama to Visit All Three 9/11 Attack Sites on 10th Anniversary
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by visiting the sites that were struck in New York, at the Pentagon outside Washington, and in Pennsylvania. Spokesman Jay Carney said the president will pay tribute to those who lost their lives, as […]
Muslim Americans’ Optimism Growing
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
A survey by the Gallup polling organization indicates Muslim Americans feel more optimistic than in recent years, but are more critical of U.S. foreign policy. A Dubai-based branch of the Gallup polling centers released results of a three-year survey on Tuesday that showed some 60 percent of American Muslims say they are “thriving,” an increase […]
2nd Man Held in French Tourist Deaths in Argentina
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Argentine authorities are holding a second man for questioning in the murders of two French women who were found shot to death last month in the northern Salta province. Officials Tuesday said the man in custody may have sold a weapon that could have been used in the killings of 23-year-old Moumni Houria and 29-year-old […]
Mexico: Suspect Arrested in Killing of 20 Acapulco Tourists
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged drug trafficker suspected of being involved in the abduction and killing of 20 tourists last September in the resort city of Acapulco. Federal police said Tuesday they have detained Moises Montero Alvarez, whom they identified as a leader of the Independent Cartel of Acapulco. They said the 42-year-old was […]
