Archive for October, 2009
Seven killed in Puerto Rico shooting
Authorities on Sunday were investigating a shooting outside a neighborhood bar and grocery store in northern Puerto Rico, which killed seven people and wounded at least 25 others.
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Rio fortifies streets after deadly shootout
Some 2,000 police officers patrolled the streets of Rio de Janeiro Sunday after a bloody confrontation between rival drug gangs and authorities that killed 14 over the weekend, including two police officers.
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Strike to protest job cuts in Puerto Rico
Thousands of Puerto Rican workers and supporters started to gather Thursday for an islandwide strike over government budget cuts that have led to the elimination of nearly 17,000 jobs.
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Luxuries dazzled gangster’s girlfriend
All that glitters may not be gold, but for Colombia’s narco-molls the most important thing is that it glitters.
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Colombian hitmen reveal horror of the kill
This city’s drug underworld is littered with “poseurs” — lowlife triggermen pretending they’re the real hard cases.
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Cuba won’t let blogger go to New York for prize
A Cuban blogger who has criticized her government has been denied permission to travel to New York to pick up a prestigious journalism award Wednesday.
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Arrest revives memories of hijacking ordeal
One phone call brought the 41-year-old memory back to George Hopkins instantly, flooding him with the terror of having a . 38-caliber pistol jabbed into his face.
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Ex-Colombian leader blasts U.S. tactics on drugs
Former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria on Tuesday strongly criticized the United States’ approach to fighting drugs.
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Panama faces probe over alleged torture
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been asked to investigate whether Panama tortured an Ecuadorian citizen who was being held as an illegal immigrant, an official hemispheric human rights organization said.
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Mexican police seize utility company
Hundreds of federal police officers seized control of a company that supplies power to four central states and the capital, Mexican state media reported Sunday.
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