Diplomats leave Honduras after pushing both sides into direct talks over coup crisisTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Diplomats pushed the two sides of the Honduran political conflict into direct talks for the first time in nearly three months, but left the country Thursday with no commitment from the coup-installed government to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya. American Airlines resuming nonstop flights between Washington and San Juan, Puerto RicoDALLAS — American Airlines said on Thursday it will relaunch daily flights between Washington Dulles airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico, beginning Nov. 19. Top Mexican cartel figure set to plead guilty in San Diego, nearly 10 years after arrestSAN DIEGO — A man once considered a top figure in a notorious Mexican drug cartel plans to plead guilty in a San Diego criminal case, nearly 10 years after he was arrested while watching his son’s soccer game in Tijuana, Mexico. Federal prosecutors say man charged with sexually abusing boys at Haiti school should be heldNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Federal prosecutors say a former Connecticut man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school for poor children he founded in Haiti should not be released from prison because he poses a “clear and continuing danger.” Mother of LA woman killed in Ecuador last month says police have no suspectLOS ANGELES — When Daniela Lopez visited her parents’ hometown in Ecuador this summer, she talked to her mother every night on the phone. Honduras’ coup-installed leader resists diplomats’ pleas to reinstate Zelaya in heated talksTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ coup-installed leader is resisting calls by diplomats from across the hemisphere to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, at one point angrily telling the visitors they “don’t know the truth or don’t want to know it.” Diplomats seek end to Honduran standoff, demand coup-installed government reinstate presidentTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Diplomats from across the hemisphere on Wednesday told Honduras’ interim government to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya during at-times confrontational talks aimed at ending a standoff that has paralyzed this impoverished Central American nation. LA mother wants investigation into daughter’s stabbing death in EcuadorLOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles mother is pushing for an investigation into the killing of her daughter in Ecuador. Colombian guerrillas spring jailed commander wanted for extradition to US, killing guardBOGOTA — Machine gun-firing rebels on motorbikes attacked a prison Wednesday, springing a guerrilla commander charged with kidnapping two journalists on assignment for the Los Angeles Times. US official says Canadian at Gitmo appointed 2 civilian lawyers after firing military attorneySAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Canadian detainee charged with war crimes fired his military lawyer Wednesday and was given two new civilian attorneys during a court proceeding at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. spokesman said. Argentine astronomer calculated orbits of Halley’s Comet and Saturn’s outermost moonBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pedro Elias Zadunaisky, an Argentine astronomer and mathematician whose calculations helped determine the orbit of Saturn’s outermost moon, Phoebe, as well as Halley’s Comet, died Wednesday. He was 91. Banco Santander, Verisk attract $10 billion through IPOs as market shows more signs of thawNEW YORK — There is growing evidence that the market for initial public offerings is rebounding after essentially disappearing at the height of the credit crisis as two new issues raised a combined $10 billion Wednesday. Diplomats launch talks in Honduras in hopes of ending presidential standoffTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Diplomats from around the hemisphere flew into Honduras on Wednesday and told the coup-imposed government to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and restore democracy to the impoverished Central American country. Over GOP objections, House-Senate panel offers plan for allowing trials for Gitmo detaineesWASHINGTON — In a partial victory for President Obama’s troubled bid to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, key congressional negotiators adopted a plan Wednesday to permit terror suspects held there to continue to be transferred into the United States to face trial. Banco Santander completes IPO for Brazilian unit as it looks to expand in South AmericaNEW YORK — Spanish financial giant Banco Santander SA has raised $8.1 billion with an initial public offering of shares in its Brazilian subsidiary, the largest IPO in the world this year. Ex-President Carter seeks to boost campaign to rid Hispaniola of malariaOUANAMINTHE, Haiti — Jovind Fritzner is well-known in this border town, where the ditches lining the dirt roads collect stagnant water perfect for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Diplomats converge on Honduras for talks amid hopes standoff may be nearing an endTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Diplomats from throughout the hemisphere were converging Wednesday on Honduras to resolve a standoff that has left the impoverished Central American country with two presidents, a capital scarred by protests and a bitterly divided population. Diplomats converge on Honduras for talks amid signs standoff may be nearing an endTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Diplomats from throughout the hemisphere were converging Wednesday on Honduras to resolve a standoff that has left the impoverished Central American country with two presidents, a capital scarred by protests and a bitterly divided population. Anti-prostitution group files lawsuit in Mexico to keep Garcia Marquez book off the big screen
Senate passes Pentagon budget, war funding bill as tally for Afghanistan and Iraq hits $1TWASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bill bringing the total U.S. tab for that war to about $300 billion. Brazil TV crime show host accused in killings faces arrest but disappearsBRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian police say they are hunting for a TV crime show host and former state legislator who is accused of commissioning killings to boost ratings. New records from CIA: Cuban exile and accused terrorist informed on fellow anti-Castro plotsMIAMI — Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel Castro’s fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them. Attorney General Holder worried about objections to bringing Gitmo detainees to US prisonsWASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he is worried that lawmakers’ opposition to bringing terrorist suspects held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to U.S. prisons could hurt the effort to close the detention center. Tijuana, other Mexican coastal cities to create tourist police _ with help from San DiegoSAN DIEGO — City officials in Mexico’s Baja California state are drafting plans for a bilingual police force that caters to American tourists headed south of the border. Brazilian president lifts nation to new world stage with unprecedented Olympic victoryRIO DE JANEIRO — He is the Pele of politics, knighted the “most popular politician on Earth” by another contender for the title — Barack Obama. US envoy in Honduras condemns ‘disgusting’ anti-Semitic remarks by pro-Zelaya radio directorTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The U.S. Ambassador in Honduras has condemned anti-Semitic remarks by a local radio news director who has been an outspoken opponent of the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Ousted Honduran president dismisses restoration of civil liberties as meaningless gestureTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday dismissed the withdrawal of an emergency decree that curbed civil liberties, calling it a meaningless gesture from a coup-imposed government that refuses to restore him to power. List of endangered monuments from World Monuments FundsAfghanistan: Old City of Herat Argentina: Buenos Aires Historic Center, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires Machu Picchu ruins, Barcelona church, Conn. parkway’s bridges on list of endangered sitesNEW YORK — Peru’s Machu Picchu ancient ruins, Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona and a New Orleans elementary school are among the cultural heritage sites threatened by neglect or overdevelopment, a preservationist group said Tuesday. Honduran interim goverment restores civil liberties ahead of new talks to end standoff
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