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  • Rio staff trial seen as test for China (AFP) March 19, 2010
    AFP – The trial of four Rio Tinto employees next week will be widely watched as a test of whether China is willing to honour committments to foreign investors and be a responsible member of the world …
  • Chavez opponent charged for televised remarks (AP) March 19, 2010
    AP – 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.
  • Supposed 'ETA terrorists' are just holidaymakers:report (AFP) March 19, 2010
    AFP – Five people identified as ETA suspects in a surveillance video released in France and Spain are in fact firemen from Spain’s Catalonia region who were on holiday, Spanish media said Saturday. …
  • Thai protesters begin weekend march around capital (AP) March 19, 2010
    AP – Protesters in more than 1,000 vehicles set off Saturday for a daylong caravan through the streets of the Thai capital, hoping to enlist residents in their “class war” against the government. …
  • Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholic world (AP) March 19, 2010
    AP – Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here — a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if it also ackno …
  • Army, drug gangs battle in Mexico amid blockades (AP) March 19, 2010
    AP – A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads in the city for the second day, in a b …
  • US condemns Ethiopia for VOA jamming (AFP) March 19, 2010
    AFP – The United States condemned Ethiopia’s blocking of Voice of America broadcasts, calling the country’s accusations of the US radio service “baseless and inflammatory.” …
  • Sierra Leone official: Earlier reports of mine collapse a hoax (AP) March 19, 2010
    AP – A top official in Sierra Leone’s government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out …
  • Is that fare? Steep fee to ride with UK's Brown (AP) March 19, 2010
    AP – Britain’s national debt is the key theme in the country’s looming national election — but it’s now news organizations, not just the country’s government, racking up huge bills to meet the cost of …
  • Yemen president: War with northern rebels is over (AP) March 19, 2010
    AP – Yemen’s president on Friday declared the country’s six-year war with northern rebels over, saying the Shiite militants are living up to a cease-fire agreement signed last month.

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