Despite Michael Jackson memorial over, King of Pop likely won’t fade from limelight soonLOS ANGELES — The public mourning of Michael Jackson may be done, but the saga that was his personal life is far from over. Mesilla cafe hopes to earn world record with its 10-inch green chile cheeseburgerALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Guinness Book of World Records already has a largest hamburger designation on the books, but a southern New Mexico cafe is going for a spicier title: world’s largest green chile cheeseburger. Argentina swears in new health minister, vows to boost spending as swine flu fears spreadBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina swore in a new health minister on Wednesday as the spreading swine flu epidemic prompted schools nationwide to give students an early vacation and one province to declare a public health emergency. Chilean man convicted of murder, sex assault in 1997 death of University of Colorado studentBOULDER, Colo. — A jury on Friday convicted a Chilean national in the 1997 beating death of a University of Colorado student. Obama declines to apologize for CIA’s role in Chilean coups during Oval Office meetingWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he wants a U.S. foreign policy that looks forward, not backward. Especially if it includes talking about the CIA’s role in Latin and South America. Widow of late Chilean President Salvador Allende dies at 94SANTIAGO, Chile — Hortensia Bussi, the widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende who helped lead opposition to the military dictatorship that ousted her socialist husband in a bloody 1973 coup, died Thursday. She was 94. WHO says swine flu pandemic has begun _ first global flu epidemic in 41 yearsGENEVA — Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. 2 Chilean ex-generals sentenced for smuggling arms to CroatiaSANTIAGO, Chile — Two retired Chilean generals have been sentenced to prison for shipping arms to Croatia at the time of its battle for independence from Yugoslavia. Police say suitcases carried by woman who was to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaineSANTIAGO, Chile — Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. Detective Leandro Morales at the Santiago airport says the drug “was not hidden in the luggage. This time the suitcases were the drug.” Morales tells The Associated Press that the suitcases were made of a substance combining cocaine with resin and glass fiber. Chilean police say woman found with suitcases made of cocaineSANTIAGO, Chile — Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. 1 dead, 12 injured in crash of bus carrying 2nd place Spanish junior female volleyball teamMADRID — Officials say one member of Spain’s second-place junior female volleyball team has died and 12 others have been injured — two seriously — in a bus crash in northwest Spain. Chile follows Colombia and rejects hosting Mexican clubs for Copa LibertadoresMEXICO CITY — Columbia and Chile turned down a proposal Friday to host two Mexican clubs’ Copa Libertadores matches, fearing the players might bring swine flu with them. Blaze rips through Chilean prison, killing 10 inmates; official: Stove knocked over in fightSANTIAGO, Chile — A fire touched off by brawling inmates swept through a Chilean prison Sunday, killing 10 prisoners, officials said. Spain justice system shying from once-famed role as international prosecutorMADRID — Spain grabbed world headlines a decade ago by indicting Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and has since probed alleged atrocities as far away as Tibet and Rwanda. Centre-Left world leaders demand cross-border regulations from G20VINA DEL MAR - Centre-Left leaders from around the world said Saturday in Chile that they would demand from next week’s G20 summit the imposition of urgent cross-border regulations regarding the financial sector, climate change and social protection. |