HAITI SPLASHES SLUM WITH PSYCHEDELIC COLORS
By TRENTON DANIEL In this picture taken March 21, 2013, homes painted in bright colors cover a hill in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. Workers this month…
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KEY US DECISION ON CUBA TERROR-DESIGNATION COMING
By PAUL HAVEN Miniature flags representing Cuba and the U.S. are displayed on the dash of an American classic car in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 22, 2013. U.S. Secretary of…
DOMINICANS PROBE CLAIM WEBSITE PAID FOR SEX LIES
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Dominican prosecutor said Friday that a local attorney told him someone claiming to work for the conservative website The…
LATIN AMERICA SEES CHANGE UNDER REGION’S 1ST POPE
By KATHERINE CORCORAN Faithful react after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral that Buenos Aires’ Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March…
CLINTON AWARDS MORE THAN $700,000 TO HAITI FARMS
By TRENTON DANIEL PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A charity for former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Monday awarded more than $700,000 to develop the country’s agriculture sector. The Clinton Foundation…
BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO PLOT
This image made available by Al-Jazeera shows Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and spokesman. Abu Ghaith has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, March 7,…
OFFICIALS: BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN CAUGHT IN JORDAN
By LARA JAKES FILE – This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden’s spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence…