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Desperate Antarctic rescue saves 89 people
Buenos Aires - A Chilean Navy ship Friday rescued 89 passengers from a ship that ran aground in icy Antarctic waters, took on water through the damage and suffered a fuel leak. The tourists boarded the rescue ship Aquiles early Friday some 1,300 kilo...

[Posted on : 2008-12-05 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Five people shot dead on the street in northern Mexico
Mexico City - In yet another massacre in Mexico, unknown attackers shot dead five people in broad daylight in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua, Mexican media reported Friday, citing authorities. In the escalation of violence that plagues the co...

[Posted on : 2008-12-05 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Canada's Harper staves off defeat; Conservatives charge treason
Montreal - Prime Minister Stephen Harper won an important and historic tactical victory Thursday in his no-holds-barred confrontation with combined forces of the opposition. But the crisis has also whipped political ...

[Posted on : 2008-12-04 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Argentine cruise ship calls for help in Antarctica
Buenos Aires - The Argentine cruise ship Ciudad de Ushuaia, with 122 people on board, called for help Thursday after getting stuck in the ice, suffering a fuel leak and letting in a minimal amount of water, the Argentine Navy said in Buenos Aires. ...

[Posted on : 2008-12-04 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Thirteen dead bodies found on rural path in north-western Mexico
Mexico City - Thirteen dead bodies were found Thursday near an abandoned truck on a rural path in the municipality of San Ignacio, in the north-western Mexican state of Sinaloa, local police said. The bodies had been shot by AK-47 rifles and were fou...

[Posted on : 2008-12-04 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

US gives Mexico 197 million dollars to fight drug gangs - Summary
Mexico City - Mexico and the United States signed an agreement Wednesday on combatting narcotics trafficking and organized crime. By the terms of the measure, the US will provide 197 million dollars under Washington's Merida Initiative to aid Mexico'...

[Posted on : 2008-12-04 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

US to give 197 million dollars to help Mexico fight drug runners
Mexico City - Mexico and the United States signed an agreement Wednesday on combatting narcotics trafficking and organized crime. By the terms of the measure, the US will provide 197 million dollars under Washington's Merida Initiative to aid Mexico'...

[Posted on : 2008-12-04 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

At least 12 alleged drug dealers killed in Guatemala
Guatemala City - At least 12 alleged drug dealers were found dead in a Guatemalan village on the border with Mexico, and the authorities said Monday that they found a vehicle with licence plates from the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Donald G...

[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

For North America's only ice hotel, b-r-r-r-ing warm clothes
Quebec City, Canada - Many travellers to Scandinavia are familiar with ice hotels, edifices of frozen water that beckon guests with the prospect of an overnight stay in arctic-like cold. There is one such hotel in North America - in the predominantly...

[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Canadian government could be toppled by opposition coalition - Feature
Montreal - In a stunning reversal of political fortunes, the leader of Canada's official opposition, Stephane Dion, was poised to become the country's next prime minister despite having lost the October 14 federal election. Dion, who just six weeks a...

[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

 

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