Associated Press
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 06:51
Bahraini protesters clashed with riot police in neighborhoods around the capital Wednesday as they called for greater political freedom in the Gulf island nation, but a tight security clampdown stopped large-scale demonstrations.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 00:00
El Congreso de Honduras aprobo el jueves en primer debate parlamentario la creacion de una Policia Militar de Orden Publico que implicaria un paso adelante en la militarizacion de la seguridad.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 00:00
Correa had sought $3.6 billion in contributions to maintain a moratorium on drilling in the remote Yasuni National Park.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 00:00
The number of government inspectors in the region was upped to combat a new tactic by loggers, who are stripping smaller areas that are more difficult to detect by satellite.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 12:09
The battered old car, cutlasses and nail-studded clubs poking out of its windows, careens down the road and squeals to a stop. Its young occupants pile out, shouting with glee, and set up a roadblock.
"Get down!" ''Open the trunk!" ''What's in that parcel?" They yell as a line of stopped cars and minivan taxis forms that will become nearly two kilometers (a mile) long.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:31
The Mali coup leader who overthrew the country's democratically elected president more than a year ago received a big promotion Wednesday to army general, an announcement made just days after the country chose a new president.
News of Amadou Sanogo's new job title drew criticism from human rights activists who said he should instead face investigation into abuses committed by his loyalists after the March 2012 coup.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:31
The Mali coup leader who overthrew the country's democratically elected president more than a year ago received a big promotion Wednesday to army general, an announcement made just days after the country chose a new president.
News of Amadou Sanogo's new job title drew criticism from human rights activists who said he should instead face investigation into abuses committed by his loyalists after the March 2012 coup.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 00:00
Maduro is on the receiving end of a new wave of criticism for letting graft close to home go unpunished.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 00:00
Accusations involving Cartes became widely reported after WikiLeaks published a 2010 U.S. State Department cable that labeled him the head of a drug trafficking and money laundering operation.
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 00:00
The lawmaker displayed photos in the National Assembly on Tuesday showing a top aide to opposition leader Henrique Capriles dressed, along with other men, in women's clothing, apparently at a party.