Archive for September, 2009
Travolta testifies about day son died
John Travolta spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about his desperate efforts to save his teenage son’s life after he suffered a seizure at the family’s vacation home in the Bahamas in January.
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Mexican smugglers use Pacific as new route
Mexican smugglers trying to find new routes into the United States are turning increasingly to the Pacific Ocean for a short sail to the California coast, where they drop off illegal immigrants and marijuana, U. S. officials say.
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Report: Brazil asks for U.N. meeting on Honduras
Brazil wants an emergency U. N. Security Council meeting to discuss the situation at its embassy in Honduras, where the ousted Honduran president has been holed up since returning to his country, the official Brazilian news agency reported.
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Man held in Haiti faces family slaying charges
A Florida man in custody in Haiti faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of his wife and five children, authorities said Tuesday.
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Latin American cartels move to West Africa
Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.
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Camera footage shows Mexico subway shooting
The Mexican government posted security camera footage Saturday of a shooting inside a subway station that left two people dead and at least five wounded at the height of evening rush hour.
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U.S. fears Venezuela could trigger arms race
The United States fears recent weapons purchases by Venezuela could fuel an arms race in South America, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.
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At least 3 killed in Mexican mudslide
A mudslide in rain-soaked Mexico has killed at least three people, including two children, the government-run news agency said Wednesday.
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Juarez, Mexico, killings reach new high
The number of drug-related killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, so far this year has reached 1,647, surpassing the death toll for all of 2008, a city spokesman told CNN.
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Thousands mourn Cuban revolutionary
Thousands gathered in the Cuban capital on Sunday to pay their respects to one of Cuba’s few remaining original revolutionaries, Juan Almeida, who according to state media died of a heart attack Friday evening.
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