News: North and South America

2 Dead in Shooting at Canadian Car Dealership

New York Times Americas News - 2 hours 26 min ago
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Police say two men are dead and another is wounded after a gunman fired shots at a car dealership in Western Canada.

Clinton rebukes Israel over homes

BBC Americas News - 2 hours 36 min ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem.

U.N.'S Ban to Return to Earthquake - Devastated Haiti

New York Times Americas News - 2 hours 47 min ago
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country's leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Ban's spokesman said.

Brazilian Judge Awards $1M in Air France Suit

New York Times Americas News - 3 hours 30 min ago
SAO PAULO (AP) -- A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay the equivalent of more than $1 million in damages to the family of one of the victims of last year's crash that killed more than 200 people, officials said Friday.

Woman charged with lottery murder

BBC Americas News - 5 hours 33 min ago
A US woman is charged with murder over the killing of a truck driver's assistant who won $17m in a lottery in 2006.

Cuban Hunger Striker in Hospital After Passing Out

New York Times Americas News - 5 hours 46 min ago
HAVANA (AP) -- A Cuban hunger striker was receiving fluids and medical care in a government hospital Friday, a day after passing out at home, and has refused requests by other dissidents and religious leaders to abandon his protest.

Same-sex couples marry in Mexico

BBC Americas News - 5 hours 48 min ago
Five same-sex couples tie the knot in Mexico City under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.

Power politics

BBC Americas News - 6 hours 13 min ago
How quickly are the global gender gaps closing?

Gastroenteritis Strikes Cruise Ship in Brazil

New York Times Americas News - 6 hours 16 min ago
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Nearly 50 passengers aboard an international cruise ship docked in Brazil have been stricken with vomiting and diarrhea, a health official said Friday. It was the same ship that last week was briefly placed under quarantine after hundreds of people came down with gastroenteritis.

US retail sales in surprise rise

BBC Americas News - 7 hours 38 min ago
US retail sales showed a surprise rise in February as consumers braved extreme bad weather to get to the shops

Pinera Works Late, Promises Better Dawn for Chile

New York Times Americas News - 13 hours 36 min ago
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example.

Lehman bosses severely criticised

BBC Americas News - March 12, 2010 - 3:42am
A report into the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses.

Woods comeback speculation mounts

BBC Americas News - March 12, 2010 - 3:17am
Speculation is growing that Tiger Woods will make his return to competitive golf within the next month.

At Least 8 Dead Across Mexico in Drug Killings

New York Times Americas News - March 12, 2010 - 2:19am
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- Gunmen burst into a wake in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday and opened fire, killing 5 young men and wounding five others, including a 10-year-old girl.

Rare opportunity

BBC Americas News - March 12, 2010 - 1:54am
Door creaks ajar for undocumented Haitians in the US

Come on up!

BBC Americas News - March 11, 2010 - 11:00pm
Canada's Yukon hopes to strike tourist gold

Drugs: the Opera - Mexico's plague gets high-brow treatment

BBC Americas News - March 11, 2010 - 10:34pm
The first Mexican opera to deal directly with the country's drugs conflict stages its premiere in Mexico City.

New York agrees 9/11 dust payout

BBC Americas News - March 11, 2010 - 10:22pm
New York City agrees to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site.

Winter Games Yield Forecasting Insights

New York Times Americas News - March 11, 2010 - 9:54pm
The Vancouver Games forecasting system is part of a program to improve the accuracy of short-term, winter storm forecasting.

Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding

BBC Americas News - March 11, 2010 - 9:46pm
Former US President George W Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding as he believes it prevented attacks.
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