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Most Britons Want Blair to Resign Now, Poll Shows

Sunday, February 04, 2007 8:30:00 PM

LONDON—Most Britons think Prime Minister Tony Blair should step down now, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday after a week of damaging headlines for the British premier over an investigat ...   Full Story

Guantanamo Inmates Shown Saddam Hanging Photos

Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:10:00 AM

CANBERRA — Guantanamo Bay prison inmates were shown photographs of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein hanging from a rope following his execution, lawyers for Australia's only Guantanamo inmate sa ...   Full Story

Castro Surgery Seems to Have Been Botched, Say Experts

Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:10:00 PM

MIAMI—Cuban leader Fidel Castro has long prided himself on Cuba's doctors and free public health care system, but that system seems to have let him down after he fell ill in July, U.S.-based docto ...   Full Story

Mexico's Calderon to Fight Soaring Tortilla Prices

Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:32:00 PM

Mexican President Felipe Calderon vowed on Thursday to tackle the soaring price of tortillas, a corn-based foodstuff that is a dietary staple for millions of the country's poor.   Full Story

Rally in Peru for Photographer's Release in Gaza

Friday, January 05, 2007 8:30:00 PM

Over a hundred people carrying banners with the portrait of a Peruvian photographer who was abducted in Gaza protested outside the Palestinian mission in Lima on Friday demanding his release.   Full Story

Surgeon Flies to Cuba to Help Castro

Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:32:00 PM

A renowned Spanish surgeon has been rushed to Cuba to try to stop a steady deterioration in Fidel Castro's health, a Spanish newspaper reported on Sunday.   Full Story

Colombia's Uribe Eases on Hostage Talks With Rebels

Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:42:00 PM

BOGOTA—Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Thursday softened his stance on talks with Marxist rebels over the release of hostages held by the guerrillas, including three U.S. contract workers taken th ...   Full Story

Cuba's Fidel Castro Absent From Military Parade

Saturday, December 02, 2006 8:10:00 PM

HAVANA—Tanks rolled through the streets and jets roared overhead on Saturday in Havana's first military parade in a decade, but ailing leader Fidel Castro did not show up at what had been viewed a ...   Full Story

Castro's No-show Increases Doubt about Future

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:21:00 PM

Fidel Castro's absence from his belated 80th birthday celebration has reinforced suspicions he is too gravely ill to return to power he ceded provisionally to brother Raul last summer.   Full Story

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