Canada Signs Free-Trade Agreement With Panama

Canada will be signing a free-trade agreement with Panama on Tuesday, giving Canadian businesses greater access to the Central American economy. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Panama City and will ratify the deal later in the day. As soon as the agreement is signed,...

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,...

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...

Bombs and Shields: Black Panther Party Veterans Arrested As a Result of Tortu...

"From Bombs and Shields, and a sobering reminder of the evil that is the Grand Jury system in racist Amerika: > San Fransisco, California, U.S. - Eight veterans of the Black Panther Party (BPP,) seven of whom are accused of belonging to the Black Liberation Army (BLA,)...

Boot Camp Beating Death of Black Teenager Sets Off Protest & Sit-Ins at Gov. ...

"Thirty students staged a sit-in at the office of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday to protest what they called a slow investigation into the death of a teenager at a juvenile boot camp in January. "It's been 105 days since this young man's death and nothing has been done,"...

Boot camp guards, nurse charged in boy's death

"Seven former juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse have been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of a boy whose rough handling by the guards was videotaped, a special prosecutor said Tuesday. Martin Lee Anderson, 13, collapsed on the exercise yard at the Bay...

Canal project could lower prices in U.S. (AP)

" PANAMA CITY, Panama - The United States on Monday applauded Panama's overwhelming vote in favor of widening its canal, an eight-year project that will cost $5.25 billion and should lower prices for shoppers on the East Coast buying goods from Asia. The massive project,...

Aging Panama Canal in need of makeover (AP)

" PANAMA CITY, Panama - The old shortcut between the seas isn't what it used to be. Many modern ships are too wide to use the 92-year-old Panama Canal, where traffic is so heavy that vessels still able to squeeze through can face costly delays. Panamanians are likely to...

Medication possible factor in 21 deaths (AP)

" PANAMA CITY, Panama - Panamanian authorities say they suspect a medicine taken to treat high blood pressure may be among the factors leading to the deaths of 21 people since July who have succumbed to a mysterious illness that triggers kidney failure. The 21st victim died...