Associated Press
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
Without her daily presence, top officials could lack the political authority they need to manage a looming economic crisis.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay didn't say who she thought should pay, but activists have demanded the world body provide compensation to the victims of a disease believed brought in by U.N. peacekeepers.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
The Constitutional Court ordered the Electoral Board to annul the citizenship of anyone born in the country to non-citizens after 1929. It affects up to 200,000 people.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked Congress to give him special decree-making powers.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
President Juan Manuel Santos announced the arrest Tuesday of Sor Teresa Gomez, the spouse of a half-brother of paramilitary leaders Fidel, Vicente and Carlos Castano.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
Bolivian authorities have arrested the head of the government agency that commercializes coca, alleging he diverted to relatives 35,000 tons of leaves that were supposed to have been destroyed.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
The revival of legislation to protect glaciers by banning mining in glacial areas is spawning debate.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
81 federal police officers have been detained and charged with corruption in the last 10 months. There are a total of about 36,000 officers on the force nationwide.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 08:14
A United States official says the target of raid by Navy SEALs in Somalia over the weekend was a Kenyan man named Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir. A Kenyan government intelligence document names him as the coordinator of other planned attacks.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:23
“Control of that road was life or death for the future of the regime in Aleppo and for the citizens under the control of the regime,” Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman said. “