Over 150,000 march in Mexico against crime
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More than 150,000 Mexicans dressed in white marched on Saturday to protest a wave of kidnappings and gruesome murders, putting pressure on President Felipe Calderon to meet his promises to crack down on crime.
Nations:Mexico Colombia People:Felipe Calderon Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-30
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Mexico El Salvador Argentina Russia People:Riyo Mori Melanie Brown Donald Trump Activities:2008 Miss Universe Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
BOGOTA, Colombia - Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.
Nations:Colombia Israel U.S. People:Hugo Chavez Activities:2008 Colombian Hostage Rescue Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was 'impeccable'
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.
Nations:Colombia U.S. People:Nicolas Sarkozy John McCain George W. Bush Activities:2008 Colombian Hostage Rescue Source:(AP)
2008-07-02
Oil surpasses $126 per barrel ahead of US driving season
Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Australia Switzerland People:Hugo Chavez Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-05-09
Clinton presses disputed trade claims
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing her claim that she opposed her husband's free trade push when he was president, despite her favorable words about it at the time.
Nations:Colombia U.S. People:Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Barack Obama Activities:US Election 2008
2008-04-10
McCain: Iraq no longer abyss of defeat
Disregarding a serious flare-up of violence, Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the United States is "no longer staring into the abyss of defeat" in Iraq, opening a campaign week that will draw him and his Democratic opponents back to Washington to question commanding Gen. David Petraeus about the conduct of the unpopular war.
Nations:Colombia People:David Petraeus Barack Obama John McCain George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Second Gulf War
2008-04-07
Mark Penn out as Clinton senior strategist
Mark Penn, the pollster and senior strategist for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid, left the campaign Sunday after it was disclosed he met with representatives of the Colombian government to help promote a free trade agreement Clinton opposes.
Nations:Colombia People:Mark Penn Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Barack Obama John Edwards Activities:US Election 2008
2008-04-06
Bush speech to focus on sagging economy
In his final State of the Union address, President Bush drafted an urgent call for Congress to approve a $150-billion anti-recession plan and resist temptations to enlarge it. Gnawing economic worries overshadowed the long and costly Iraq war in his speech as Bush struggled to be heard above the din of the presidential race.
Nations:Colombia Mexico South Korea People:David Petraeus Ronald Reagan Hillary Clinton Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch Bush Admin. 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2008-01-28
Fewer cocaine shipments stopped in 2007
U.S.-directed seizures and disruptions of cocaine shipments from Latin America dropped sharply in 2007 from the year before, reflecting in part a successful shift in tactics by drug traffickers to avoid detection at sea, senior American officials disclosed Monday in releasing new figures.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Bolivia Nicaragua Mexico People:Alvaro Uribe Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2008-01-14
Brazil to host 2014 World Cup
Brazil was chosen host of the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday, returning the showcase event to the soccer-mad country that held the tournament in 1950 and has captured the title a record five times.
Nations:Brazil Colombia Activities:2014 Soccer World Cup
2007-10-30
Sex, Nazi, burrito and Viagra: Who Googles what?
Internet users in Egypt, India and Turkey are the world's most frequent searchers for Web sites using the keyword "sex" on Google search engines, according to statistics provided by Google Inc (GOOG.O).
Nations:Australia U.S. Canada U.K. Pakistan Mexico People:David Beckham Britney Spears Kate Moss Tom Cruise
2007-10-17
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