HONDURAS | PRESIDENTIAL CRISIS

Many Honduran officials work to bar Zelaya's return

While talks were convened to aim at reconciliation, Honduran lawmakers were making the return of ousted Pre...

GUATEMALA

Guatemalan 'tweeter' off hook for anti-bank message

An appeal court ruled insufficient evidence in the case of a Twitter user arrested for criticizing a bank.

HONDURAS NEGOTIATIONS

Attempt to mediate Honduran crisis stalls at the start

Both men claiming their right as Honduras' president have deferred discussions to a delegation of their clo...

THE AMERICAS

Venezuelan broadcasters feel the heat

Hugo Chávez's government is threatening action against radio and TV stations that broadcast 'illegal...

HONDURAS

Honduras' Micheletti is both admired and reviled

A kingpin of Honduran politics for 30 years, Roberto Micheletti is a 'stubborn mule' who has become an inte...

Honduras coup talks in Costa Rica start out testy

The verbal fireworks began soon after the arrival here of interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti and...

COUP IN HONDURAS

Honduras stands to lose more aid

American and international aid to impoverished Honduras could dry up if the country's government crisis con...

U.S. deports ex-Bolivian cabinet member convicted of drug trafficking

A former Bolivian cabinet member dubbed the ''minister of cocaine'' was deported to his native country late...

VENEZUELA

Venezuelan TV officials: Hillary Clinton backs us

The head of a Venezuelan opposition television network made a stop in Miami after meeting with Secretary of...

ARGENTINA

Argentina starts tackling swine flu crisis, at last

Argentina has experienced a high rate of swine flu cases, and after some delay, the government is taking ac...

G8 opens to developing market economies

Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized nations open up their forum Thursday to the five fast...

A look at major Abu Sayyaf kidnappings

A look at major kidnappings in the southern Philippines attributed to the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf and ot...

Officials say shooting breaks out near Papua mine

Police and Freeport officials in Indonesia say shooting has broken out again near the U.S. mining giant's P...

Police: Ambush kills 5 police in NW Pakistan

Police say gunmen in northwestern Pakistan have killed 5 police and a forestry officer.

3 killed, 16 injured in New Delhi bridge collapse

Police say a bridge under construction in New Delhi has collapsed, killing three people and injuring 16 oth...

Peru's leader shakes up his Cabinet amid protests

President Alan Garcia shuffled his Cabinet on Saturday following months of protests, replacing seven of 16 ...

Autopsy conducted on Australian shot in Indonesia

A 40-member team of police and forensics specialists arrived Sunday to investigate the deadly shooting of a...

Japan's PM faces crucial test in Tokyo poll

Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso faces a crucial test in a Tokyo municipal election Sunday, seen a...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 657

As of Saturday, July 11, 2009, at least 657 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan ...

China city tense but calm 1 week after riots

The center of the riot-hit city of Urumqi was tense but calm Sunday, one week after ethnic fighting began t...

Gunmen boldly attack federal forces in Mexico

Italian freed in Philippines had feared beheading

Al-Qaida-linked militants freed an Italian Red Cross worker Sunday from six months of jungle captivity in t...

LEGISLATURE

Lawmakers find way around lobby rules

Thirteen state House members have formed a charity that accepts donations from lobbyists. They say they're ...

Medicare won't let clients repay government, lawyers say

Attorney Stephen Bough's client owes Medicare several thousand dollars and is anxious to pay, if only B...

Obama plane emergency could have been a disaster

Skillful piloting may have prevented a disaster for President Barack Obama and his campaign last summer, a ...

Congress asked to probe troops extremist fringe

One of the country's main monitors of hate groups asked Congress Friday to investigate possible racial extr...

SENATE CAMPAIGN

Charlie Crist fundraising for Senate race leaves Marco Rubio behind

Gov. Charlie Crist's fundraising for his U.S. Senate campaign is leaving his Republican rival far behind.

STATE UNIVERSITIES

Florida Atlantic University chief seeks top college post

FAU President Frank Brogan, a former Florida lieutenant governor, has applied to be the next state universi...

AP sources: Burris won't run for full Senate term

House orders engraving of 'In God We Trust' motto

The national motto, "In God We Trust," will be engraved in the Capitol Visitor Center, responding to critic...

Sanford should resign, according to polls

Two recent polls reflect the public unhappiness with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. In one poll, 60 perc...

Study: Sotomayor tough on white-collar criminals

High court nominee Sonia Sotomayor typically handed out tougher prison sentences than her colleagues in the...

Conservative House Dems rebel on health care bill

Conservative Democrats in the House rebelled against their party leaders Thursday, raising concerns about t...