Panama says no to U.S. military base

Panama has ruled out hosting a U.S. military base to replace one in Ecuador which is being reclaimed by the Quito government, a senior Panamanian official said on Friday. "  Panama -- along with Peru and...

Panama's Supreme Court overturns 2004 pardon to terrorist Posada Carriles

As an the Panama´s Supreme Court overturns the unconstitutional pardon given to notorious terrorist and ex CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles, international pressure on current US administritation for his...

US teen sailor takes on the world

Pretty ambitious stuff for a 16 year old, good luck to him." US teen sailor takes on the world ...

"Cyclone victims do not need 'chocolate bars'" - Myanmar junta

Myanmar's military rulers have recently let foreign aid workers in to the country, and then this..." MYANMAR’S ruling junta lashed out at foreign aid donors Friday, saying cyclone victims did not need supplies of...

Several killed as helicopter crashes in Panama City

A group of Chilean military officers have been killed as their helicopter crashed in Panama City. The fatalities included the head of Chile's national police, Jose Alejandro Bernales, and his wife. "A helicopter crashed into a supermarket in a busy Panama City neighbourhood,...

Hydro-dam exiles one of Latin America`s last kings

"Tito Santana, one of the last tribal kings in the Americas, has been driven into exile from his lands deep in the Panamanian jungle by a fight over a hydroelectric project that has divided his tiny kingdom.King Tito, 40, heads the Naso tribe -- one of just a handful of...

Rove's Latest Electoral Maps Have Clinton Stronger Than Obama Against McCain

Rove's Latest Electoral Maps Have Clinton Stronger Than Obama Against McCain" Electoral maps put together by the consulting firm helmed by Karl Rove, and obtained by ABC News, show Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be a...

Museums in the Sea

" SS Tarpon was a twin-screwed steamer, official number 130381, was constructed in 1887 at Wilmington, Deleware by the renowned shipbuilders Pusey and Jones. Christened Naugatuck, the new ship was delivered to the Naugatuck Valley Steamboat Company of Derby, Connecticut. The...

EU suffers defeat in banana wars

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that the European Union import duties rules on bananas scorns the global trade rules. I guess the banana wars are over. "The WTO case was brought by Ecuador, which, along...

Sorry Dems, Federal Judge Rules McCain is Natural Born

"(AP) A pair of lawyers - one Republican, one Democrat - have concluded that John McCain's 1936 birth outside the continental United States does not disqualify him to be president. The likely Republican nominee...

Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela crisis: OAS findings (updated III)

Caracas, Venezuela, Monday 17 March, 2008. The Ecuadorian - Colombian crisis was analysed during the 25th meeting of consultation of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the American States (OAS) in...

Back-from-the-dead canoeist pleads guilty to fraud

John Darwin, the canoeist who "came back from the dead" five years after he was believed drowned, has pleaded guilty to seven fraud charges. " At a hearing at Leeds Crown Court, Mr Darwin, 57, denied nine other charges of using criminal property, while his wife Anne, 55,...

'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Enters Plea

"Girls Gone Wild" video empire founder Joe Francis pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution charges Wednesday under an agreement allowing him to go free after nearly a year in jail.Francis, 34, returned to...

Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela crisis: XX Rio Group Summit (updated III).

Caracas, Venezuela, 7 Marh, 2008. Today the XX Summit of the Rio Group will take place in Dominican Republic. The Rio Group is a permanent mechanism of political consultation among Latin American and Caribbean...

Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela crisis: 6 March 2008 (updated II)

Caracas, Venezuela, 6 March 2008. The diplomatic crisis among Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela continues at a slower pace. After OAS resolution condemned any county violation of its territorial sovereignty, President...

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