ATF: Effort in Houston is helping to fight gun trafficking from US to Mexico drug cartelsHOUSTON — Federal agents have vastly reduced a backlog of investigative leads and increased the number of criminal cases in Houston in a four-month effort to stop the flow of firearms from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels, officials announced Thursday. UN rights council condemns abuses in Honduras coup, supports restoration of overthrown gov’tGENEVA — The U.N. top rights body is condemning abuses following the June 28 coup in Honduras. From power brokers to priests, crisis-weary Hondurans pushing to resolve dueling presidentsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Catholic Church leaders are weighing in on Honduras’ coup stalemate with a proposal to jump-start negotiations, part of a growing movement by crisis-weary Hondurans to resolve the crisis and end the country’s crippling isolation. Kidnap victim’s dad says Mexico should fight other crime as aggressively as drug traffickingMEXICO CITY — A former Mexican sports commissioner whose daughter was killed by her abductors criticized the government Wednesday for failing to combat crimes like kidnapping as aggressively as it fights drug trafficking. Honduras’ crisis-weary power brokers consider allowing ousted leader to be reinstatedTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Business and political leaders who backed the coup overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya now are considering the unthinkable: returning him to office with limited powers. Honduran security forces enforce emergency decree despite interim government’s vow to lift itTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers and police enforced an emergency decree suspending civil liberties Wednesday despite promises by the coup-imposed government to lift the measures criticized by its own allies as going too far. Honduras bans unauthorized meetings, restricts media, allows arrests without warrantsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim government is cracking down on civil rights in response to ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s calls for rebellion. Gore, Mexican president discuss importance of breaking deadlock over climate change treatyMEXICO CITY — Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has met with Mexico’s president to discuss the importance of breaking an impasse over a new global warming pact. Costa Rica’s Arias warns Honduran elections won’t be recognized under interim governmentCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias on Tuesday commended the interim president of Honduras for saying he will reverse an emergency decree suspending civil liberties in his country. Honduras’ interim gov’t takes increasing measures to heep power by suspending civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed government in Honduras took increasingly desperate measures to hold onto power Monday, suspending civil liberties, silencing dissident broadcasters and facing off with hundreds of protesters in the street. Travel + Leisure readers’ poll names best destination spasNEW YORK — Only two spas in the Eastern U.S. made it onto Travel + Leisure’s top 10 list of the world’s best destination spas. Ousted Honduran leader says he is encouraged by business leaders’ proposal for reinstating himTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday he was analyzing a proposal from Honduran business leaders for bringing him back to power and ending the country’s crisis, saying he found the plan encouraging. Honduran lawmakers threatening to revoke emergency decree; cracks deepen among coup supportersTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Cracks are deepening among supporters of Honduras’ coup-imposed government, with business leaders softening their opposition to reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya and lawmakers threatening to revoke an emergency decree limiting civil liberties. Coup-installed president of Honduras backs down and agrees to restore civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he would restore civil liberties and reopen dissident television and radio stations by the end of the week. US, Colombian and Mexican law enforcement seize $41 million in suspected drug moneyWASHINGTON — U.S. and Colombian authorities seized $41 million in suspected drug money over the past two weeks — one of the largest seizures in the history of the countries’ joint efforts, law enforcement officials said Monday. 12 with alleged ties to Colombian guerrilla group face terrorism, kidnapping charges in NYNEW YORK — A dozen members of a Colombian organization have been charged with conspiring to aid a foreign terrorist group and taking a U.S. citizen hostage last year in Panama, authorities announced Monday. At ’south-south’ summit, Gadhafi calls for NATO-like alliance for South America, AfricaPORLAMAR, Venezuela — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called for a NATO-like defense alliance for Africa and South America as leaders from the two continents agreed to link up to gain more clout as economic and political blocs. Honduras’ top general implores society to find peaceful solution to deepening crisisTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The general who oversaw the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya implored all sectors of Honduran society to join in resolving the country’s deepening crisis Tuesday, a message that seemed aimed at calming an uproar over a government order suspending civil liberties. AP Exclusive: Mexican Foreign Minister says high violence shows hardline on drugs workingNEW YORK — Mexico’s Foreign Minister said Monday the startlingly high death toll of her government’s all-out war against drug trafficking shows the policy is working. Coup-installed government in Honduras to restore civil liberties after criticismTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed government in Honduras is backing off of its increasingly desperate measures to hold onto power. Deposed Honduran president addresses UN via cell phone; says country ruled by ‘dictatorship’UNITED NATIONS — Honduras’ ousted president addressed the United Nations General Assembly by cellular phone late Monday from the Brazilian embassy in his country where he is holed up, calling on the world body to guarantee his personal safety and turn back the “dictatorship” that has taken power. Airline baggage fees on international flightsThe big U.S. airlines are charging baggage fees on some international flights, generally coach tickets between Europe and the U.S. or Canada. What you should know: 13 US-bound Cuban migrants detained on Mexico’s Caribbean coast after boat engine failsCANCUN, Mexico — Mexican authorities have detained 13 U.S.-bound Cuban migrants whose makeshift boat reached the country’s Caribbean coast after an engine failed. Honduras government reversal on measures reflects nervousness on Zelaya’s returnTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim president promised to restore civil liberties and allow into the country an Organization of American States mediation team, quickly backpedalling from tough measures amid criticism from his own allies that he had gone too far in his fight to stay in power. Honduras gives Brazil 10 days to resolve standoff at embassy, where Zelaya seeking refugeTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras is giving Brazil 10 days to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who has been inside the Brazilian Embassy since sneaking back into the country last week. Top UN official says any attack on Brazilian embassy in Honduras would be ‘disaster’UNITED NATIONS — An attack by police and soldiers on the Brazilian embassy in Honduras, where that country’s deposed president is holed up, “would be a disaster,” a senior U.N. official said Monday. Increasingly desperate Honduran leaders vow to restore freedoms; standoff at pro-Zelaya marchTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he would restore civil liberties and reopen dissident television and radio stations by the end of the week. Honduran protesters, police in standoff as authorities silence media, suspend civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed government in Honduras took increasingly desperate measures to hold onto power Monday, suspending civil liberties, silencing dissident broadcasters and facing off with hundreds of protesters in the street. Honduras’ interim government raids media outlets after suspending civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ coup-installed government has silenced two key dissident broadcasters hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Chavez, Gadhafi build alliances at Africa-South America summit in VenezuelaPORLAMAR, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez made diplomatic inroads in Africa on Sunday at a summit of South American and African leaders where he offered Venezuela’s help in oil projects, mining and financial assistance. |
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