The Guardian (UK)
Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 00:00
Whatever their opinion of the leader there does seem to be consensus that his exit was certainly well executed
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Fidel Castro today announced his retirement as head of state of Cuba, 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 00:00
Gunmen who had been holding dozens of people hostage inside a Venezuelan bank for more than 24 hours surrendered to police yesterday after being stopped in their getaway vehicle
Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 00:00
"I almost feel like I want to get everybody in a room and kind of bang heads together. ... These are complex problems, they're very difficult, but I think if people really want to come out with a solution they can," Engel said
Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 00:00
Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia had proposed to tell authorities where he has hidden $30 million to $40 million in return for avoiding a prison term in Brazil, for his wife's release from jail and for speedy extradition
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
The Colombian hostage who gave birth to a baby boy in captivity was expected to be reunited with her son this weekend after her release from a jungle rebel redoubt
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - 00:00
As an SS medic, Aribert Heim carried out horrific experiments on concentration camp prisoners. He escaped and is thought to be hiding in Argentina - but the net may finally be closing
Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 00:00
The Colombian government yesterday released DNA results which it said proved that a three-year-old boy born in captivity to a woman held by leftist guerrillas had in fact been living in foster care in the capital Bogota
Thursday, January 3, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia's protracted hostage crisis took a new twist yesterday when it emerged that the youngest captive held by leftwing rebels - a three-year-old boy born to a female hostage and an unknown guerrilla - could have been secretly spirited away
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
An international rescue mission to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels broke down yesterday amid accusations of lying and bad faith