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- Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
U.S. first lady Laura Bush is touring a region of Peru struck by an earthquake last year. Bush visited a health center in the town of Pisco on Friday while she accompanies her husband to a summit of Pacific Rim nations. Two women who recently gave birth
- Local elections test Chavez support
By Will Grant BBC News, Caracas President Chavez: The face and force of Venezuela's socialist revolution The Venezuelan government says President Hugo Chavez's public approval rate is as high as 70%. While that figure may be over-generous, there can be
- Chile strike ends after pay offer
Call for salary hike: Chilean workers march in protest against the government outside the congress in Valparaiso city, about 120 km northwest of Santiago on Wednesday. Picture: Reuters SANTIAGO HUNDREDS of thousands of Chilean public sector workers on
- Canada and Colombia sign free-trade deal
LIMA, PERU - The leaders of Canada and Colombia signed a free-trade agreement here yesterday that opens new markets for Canadian beef, pork, potatoes and other products in the South American country. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Alvaro
- BRAZILIAN TEEN RIDING HIGH
WHAT are the odds of a little teenage girl apprentice from Brazil pulling into Aqueduct and riding the silks off one of the best male jockeys in the world? Take the odds, because that's what happened last week when Maylan Studart, a tiny 108-pounder, not
- Bill nationalizes pension funds at 10 Argentine banks
A bill to nationalize more than US$26 billion in private pension funds was approved by the Argentine Senate late on Thursday after clearing the Chamber of Deputies earlier this month, and was headed to Argentine President Cristina Kirchner for her
- China's Hu salutes Bush, hopeful for Obama
LIMA: Chinese President Hu Jintao has thanked US President George W. Bush for improving Sino-US ties and said he hoped Barack Obama will follow suit upon taking office January 20, a Chinese official said. As they opened their last meeting as heads of
- 'India, China may get entangled over scarce resources'
India and China, the two 'major rising powers' on the world stage, could be jostling for scarce resources by way of their 'blue water navies', says the chief organiser of a new US intelligence assessment. Mathew Burrows, the Counsellor of National
- China Gengsheng minerals reports Q3 2008
financial results China Gengsheng Minerals, Including a materials technology company in China with products capable of withstanding high temperature, saving energy and boosting productivity in certain industries such as steel and oil, recently announced
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