Panama City, July 4 (Xinhua) A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Panama capital Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS)...

A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted western Mexico Friday, officials...

Islamabad, July 4 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has stressed on the need of fencing the country's border with Afghanistan on the lines of the US and Mexico border wall to stop terrorist infiltration and drug...

At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured when two passenger buses in which they were travelling collided head-on in Peru's southern Puno region, officials...

The Organization of American States is meeting Saturday to vote on suspending Honduras, which has refused its calls to reinstate toppled President Manuel Zelaya.In an apparent show of defiance late...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' refusal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite an appeal by the top envoy for the Americas has put the impoverished nation on a collision course with the...

The All Nations Skate Jam, held every year at the same time as the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, N.M., attracts hundreds of American Indian kids who glide and fly on their skateboards...

Tegucigalpa - Post-coup Honduras Saturday said it was leaving the Organisation of American States, the interim government announcing it would not meet the 'one-sided' demands of the...

Manuel Zelaya who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup. The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South...

C ARSON, Calif. — Osael Romero scored two goals, including the winner in the 86th minute, to give El Salvador a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica in Group A at the Gold Cup on Friday night. El...

Brazil's air force has released a recording it says proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed.The audio has been posted on the air force...

WASHINGTON : A strong earthquake measuring a magnitude of six shook Panama early Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of casuaties or damage, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter...

Ainsley Walters, Gleaner WriterDEFENDING champions Jamaica yesterday pulled off a classy victory over International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) champions Argentina in the final of the US Open World...

TEGUCIGALPA -- Honduras's interim rulers spurned a demand from the Organization of American States on Friday to restore leftist President Manuel Zelaya to power, deepening Central America's worst...

'); TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras | The head of the Organization of American States flew to Honduras on Friday to give the coup-backed government a firm ultimatum to restore toppled President Manuel...

Panama City - A moderately strong earthquake has rattled Panama, sending residents rushing into the streets. The US Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 and was...

CANCUN, Mexico – As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to...

Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a new list that ranks nations by combining measures of their ecological footprint with the happiness of their...

7/3/2009, 7:30 p.m. EDT (AP) — As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of...

The secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) said here Friday he would immediately recommend the suspension of Honduras from the regional group due to its post-coup rulers'...

Honduras' interim government announced Friday that the country decided to quit from the Organization of American States (OAS). In a letter to the OAS read by Honduras' Vice Minister of International...

Brazil’s attorney general asked the Supreme Court to legalise same-sex unions in the South American nation, which is home to the world’s largest Roman Catholic population, her spokeswoman...

At 2-3, they're in fourth place halfway through the final-round of CONCACAF qualifying, trailing Costa Rica, the U.S. and Honduras. They have lost to El Salvador and barely beat Trinidad & Tobago, a...

The ongoing political crisis in Honduras has reached an impasse as the post-coup government is unwilling to accept the mediation of the Organization of American States (OAS) to reinstate ousted...

7/3/2009, 7:30 p.m. EDT (AP) — As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...

The federal government is launching a campaign to put more stimulus money in the hands of minority-owned businesses, many of them reeling from this historic recession, now in its 20th month. But an...

U.S right back Steve Cherundolo has been hurt since November. He had hip surgery in April. The 30-year-old defender was home last month while the Americans shocked top-ranked Spain in the...

OAS head doubts Honduras' interim leadership will restore ousted President Zelaya Vice chancellor: Honduras prepared to withdraw from OAS Zelaya vows to return to country despite arrest...

The Colombian government said on Friday that as many as 1,371 anti-government guerrillas were disarmed in the first half of this year. According to a report released by the government, 1,083 rebels...

Teams from beach volleyball powers Brazil and United States will vie for the women's medals at the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships as their beach volleyball tandems won a pair of matches each...

The Organisation of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in...

The proposal would allow the airline to cram 40% more travelers into its planes while cutting operating costs 20%. Passengers would be strapped to a bar-stool-like stand during takeoff and...

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onslaught Honduras is likely to face is not from troops, but from constitutional law professors. The Honduran crisis is, perhaps, a reminder of how little progress democratic institutions have made...

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l alcalde opositor metropolitano, Antonio Ledezma, inició el viernes una huelga de hambre en la sede de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) en Caracas para que el...

Hopes for a rapid diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Honduras were dampened on Friday as the Supreme Court told a top regional envoy the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya was irreversible. A...

Mexican police found a mummified corpse and four other dead bodies on a farm in the drug-plagued western state of Michoacan on Friday. Four of the bodies were found in an unmarked grave, and the...

By Brian Ellsworth and Denise LunaRIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state oil company Petrobras expects exploration of an Iranian block will yield disappointing results, a company...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL, July 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Panama City Beach, Fla., was just recognized by TripAdvisor as home to one of America's top beaches. Ranking third in the U.S. on the...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - El Salvador and Canada enjoyed victories on the first day of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the regional tournament for North and Central America and the...

President Hugo Chavez's government has taken control of the nation's third largest bank, Banco de Venezuela. The government agreed in May to pay Spain's Grupo Santander more than $1 billion for the...

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New Zealand women's hockey coach Mark Hager's promising an improved showing from his side ahead of this afternoon's second test against Argentina in...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' interim leader said he was open to early elections if it resolves an impasse with the world community, as a top diplomat headed to the Central American nation to...

this week, the second global ranking of the ecological efficiency with which the world's nations deliver long and happy lives for the people who live there - the 'Happy Planet Index' - reveals a...

TEGUCIGALPA -- The newly installed Honduran government withdrew from the Organization of American States Friday night, after a tense visit from the hemisphere's top diplomat who urged the return of...

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday — making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system. The...