Argentine town burns city hall after teen deaths

2010-03-21T17:00:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Residents of Argentine town torch city hall to protest deahts of teens in police chase</div><div><p>Hundreds of angry residents in an Argentine town have torched the city hall to protest the death of two teenagers in a police chase.</p><p>Television footage shows residents attacking the municipal headquarters in Baradero, 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Buenos Aires.</p><p&g...

IAPA: Latam leaders threatening critical media

2010-03-21T15:00:09Z

<div id="subtitle">Press group says Latin American leaders silencing critics, worst abuses in Venezuela and Cuba</div><div><p>Press freedoms in countries throughout the Western Hemisphere are facing serious threats from authoritarian governments, especially in Venezuela and communist-led Cuba, a group representing news media from across the Americas warned Sunday.</p><p>A...

Venezuela punishes 80 firms for power use

2010-03-21T12:45:26Z

<div><p>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for dozens of companies that have failed to reduce usage in the first punitive measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an electricity crisis.</p><p>Restaurants, liquor stores, hotels, gyms, car dealerships and a yacht club ...

Venezuela's Chavez: "I'm pro-Internet"

2010-03-21T12:30:11Z

<div><p>CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez denied on Sunday that he planned to censor or limit the Internet in Venezuela, saying on the contrary Web use had shot up more than nine fold during his decade in power.</p><p>The South American leftist leader'...

Venezuela punishes 80 firms for big power use

2010-03-21T08:45:18Z

<div><p>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for 80 firms that have failed to reduce electricity usage in the first punitive measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an electricity crisis.</p><p>Restaurants, liquor stores, hotels, gyms, car dealerships and a yacht club...

Robinson eyes Pumas after Scotland tame Ireland

2010-03-21T03:30:05Z

<div><p>No sooner had Scotland beaten Ireland 23-20 to end the Six Nations with a much needed victory than coach Andy Robinson was already "focusing" on his side's two test tour of Argentina in June.</p&...

Colombian journalist slain in militia stronghold

2010-03-20T18:45:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Colombian radio journalist slain; covered paramilitaries' links to elites</div><div><p>The killing of a veteran radio reporter by a motorcycle gunman in a northwestern state capital reignited concerns Saturday about the safety of journalists in Colombia.</p><p>Clodomiro Castilla, a reporter and announcer at La Voz de Monteria radio, was gunned down on his front porch Friday night, said

Colombian journalist shot and killed

2010-03-20T17:00:10Z

<div><p>BOGOTA (Reuters) - A gunman killed a Colombian journalist who had received threats and reported on politicians linked to paramilitary death squads, police and the victim's family said on Saturday.</p><p>Clodomiro Castilla, an editor of El Pulso magazine and a reporter for local radio, was shot to death on Friday night as he read a book on the terrace of his home in Maryland's Greivis Vasquez, of Venezuela, reacts to a play from the bench in the first half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game against Venezuela a drug haven</div><div><p>Venezuelan prosecutors charged a government opponent with conspiracy and other crimes Friday after he said on a television program that the country has become a haven for drug trafficking.</p><p>Former Zulia state Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett (5) tries to steal the ball from Houston Rockets' Luis Scola (4), of Argentina, during the first quarter of an Reuters) - Colombia's former foreign minister Noemi Sanin won the country's Conservative Party candidacy for May's presidential election in a decision that risks splitting President Alvaro Uribe's political coalition.</p><p>Sanin, the o...

Peru aims for Japan, South Korea trade talks in April

2010-03-19T17:15:47Z

<div><p>Peru is aiming to complete negotiations on free trade agreements with Japan and South Korea in April, Trade Minister Martin Perez said Friday.</p><p>The new round of talks with South Korea will take place in Washington...

APTOPIX Venezuela Belarus

2010-03-19T15:45:55Z

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez looks up as he waits for Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, not seen, prior to a meeting at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Car...

Chileans' quake knowledge saved thousands of lives

2010-03-19T14:45:27Z

<div><p>SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans' knowledge of earthquakes, combined with the abnormally long time it took for the February 27 quake to reach its crescendo, saved thousands of lives, a leading geophysicist said on Thursday.</p><p>Experts have been investigating why Chile's 8.8-magnitude quake, the world's fifth strongest recorded earthquake since 1900, killed r...

Serena Williams pulls out of next week's Miami event

2010-03-19T14:45:23Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams has pulled out of next week's Sony Ericsson Open due to a knee injury, organizers said on Friday.</p><p>The American's withdrawal is another blow to the tournament after former

Chile unveils $110 million reconstruction plan

2010-03-19T14:15:47Z

<div><p>Chile unveiled an initial, 110-million-dollar reconstruction plan Friday to put the central region back on its feet after a devastating earthquake and tsunami.</p><p>The plan focuses on immediate priorities, such as providing shelter to families made homeless by the quake, restoring school attendance and creating jobs in coastal areas that bore the brunt of the catastrophe, government spokeswoman Ena Von Baer said.</p&g...

Making preparations

2010-03-19T02:16:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Earthquakes should be a reminder to be ready for a natural disaster</div><div><p> The massive earthquakes in Haiti and Chile should have a sobering effect on Americans, particularly those of us living in the seismically active West. Earthquakes can happen anywhere at any time, and because of the variables involved, it is difficult to say how the

Uruguay is wine world's rising star

2010-03-19T00:16:05Z

<div><p>Argentina has its Malbec. Chile has its Carmenere. Now Uruguay, not to be out-muscled by its more famous wine-producing neighbors, is taking the world of viticulture by storm, with its distinctive Tannat wines.</p><p>Uruguay, the fourth most important wine-producing country in

Venezuela asks for details of charges in ETA case

2010-03-18T21:00:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Venezuela asks authorities in Spain for specifics of accusations against ETA suspect</div><div><p>Venezuela has asked authorities in Spain to detail their accusations against an alleged ETA operative accused of helping the Basque separatist group arrange explosives training with Colombian reb...

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