MiamiHerald.com: World Wires http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/index.html MiamiHerald.com: World Wires http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2012 MiamiHerald.com World Wires 60 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:23:24 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Smoke from dump fire blankets Jamaica capital]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633740/smoke-from-dump-fire-blankets.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633740/smoke-from-dump-fire-blankets.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:21 EST Acrid smoke from a fire at a sprawling trash dump blanketed swaths of Jamaica's capital Thursday, and officials warned people to stay indoors to avoid exposure to potentially dangerous pollutants.

]]> <![CDATA[SKorean lawmakers in NKorea to visit joint factory]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633709/skorean-lawmakers-in-nkorea-to.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633709/skorean-lawmakers-in-nkorea-to.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:01 EST A delegation of South Korean lawmakers has crossed the tense border with North Korea to visit a joint factory park seen as the last major symbol of reconciliation between the rivals.

]]> <![CDATA[Israeli reaches Chile plea deal to plant trees]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633687/israeli-reaches-chile-plea-deal.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633687/israeli-reaches-chile-plea-deal.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:51 EST Chile has settled its criminal case against an Israeli hiker accused of negligently causing a fire that destroyed much of the Torres del Paine national park.

]]> <![CDATA[Bolivia seizes 17 properties in drugs raids]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633684/bolivia-seizes-17-properties-in.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633684/bolivia-seizes-17-properties-in.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:41 EST Bolivian authorities say they've seized 17 properties from a provincial clan ostensibly in the gravel business that it suspects of laundering drug money through real estate.

]]> <![CDATA[Threatened Rio cop strike a danger for Carnival]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633657/threatened-rio-cop-strike-a-danger.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633657/threatened-rio-cop-strike-a-danger.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36 EST

Police are threatening a strike that could prompt violence during the globe's biggest Carnival bash in spite of government approval Thursday of a pay raise.

]]> <![CDATA[New discoveries raise Dominican migrant toll to 51]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633652/new-discoveries-raise-dominican.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633652/new-discoveries-raise-dominican.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:31 EST Authorities in the Dominican Republic have recovered 10 more bodies from the weekend sinking of a boat carrying illegal migrants. That raises the confirmed death toll to 51.

]]> <![CDATA[Cocaine found in Ecuador diplomatic mail]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633623/cocaine-found-in-ecuador-diplomatic.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633623/cocaine-found-in-ecuador-diplomatic.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06 EST Ecuador's foreign minister says police in Italy found nearly 90 pounds (40 kilos) of cocaine in diplomatic mail sent to the Mediterranean country and two suspects have been arrested.

]]> <![CDATA[Pentagon to open more combat to women]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633565/pentagon-to-open-more-combat-to.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633565/pentagon-to-open-more-combat-to.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:41 EST A decade after the United States launched two wars that put women at the front lines of unconventional fighting, the Pentagon crept closer Thursday to formally allowing them to serve in combat by announcing an additional 14,000 combat-related jobs for female service members.

]]> <![CDATA[Venezuela deports paramilitary warlord to Colombia]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633547/venezuela-deports-paramilitary.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633547/venezuela-deports-paramilitary.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:36 EST

Venezuela turned over a prominent Colombian paramilitary warlord to Colombian authorities on Thursday.

]]> <![CDATA[Algerian president sets elections for May 10]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633496/algerian-president-sets-elections.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633496/algerian-president-sets-elections.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:56 EST Algeria's president has announced on state television that elections will be held May 10.

]]> <![CDATA[Egypt's angry soccer fans are deep into politics]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633486/egypts-angry-soccer-fans-are-deep.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633486/egypts-angry-soccer-fans-are-deep.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:51 EST

Egypt's ruling generals have a new enemy: the legions of angry soccer fans who have injected fervor into recent protests demanding the military step down and battled police for days in the streets of Cairo.

]]> <![CDATA[Mexican army chief admits mistakes in drug war]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633466/mexican-army-chief-admits-mistakes.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633466/mexican-army-chief-admits-mistakes.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:46 EST The Mexican army's highest official concedes the military has committed errors in the fight against organized crime and drug traffickers but says those responsible have been punished.

]]> <![CDATA[In court's crosshairs, Pakistan's military refuses to produce prisoners]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633435/in-courts-crosshairs-pakistans.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633435/in-courts-crosshairs-pakistans.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36 EST In a court battle testing the impunity long enjoyed by Pakistan's intelligence service, the Pakistani military said Thursday that it wouldn't bring forward seven men who were mysteriously kidnapped from prison in 2010 &mdash; allegedly by intelligence agents &mdash; because they were in extremely poor health.

]]> <![CDATA[Suit challenges new Guantanamo prison mail rule]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633422/new-challenge-to-guantanamo-prison.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633422/new-challenge-to-guantanamo-prison.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:31 EST A lawyer for a Guantanamo prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attack has filed suit against the prison commander, arguing a new rule subjecting legal mail to a security review is unconstitutional and amounts to illegal "intelligence monitoring" of a U.S. citizen.

]]> <![CDATA[In court's crosshairs, Pakistan's military refuses to produce prisoners]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633426/in-courts-crosshairs-pakistans.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633426/in-courts-crosshairs-pakistans.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:31 EST In a court battle testing the impunity long enjoyed by Pakistan's intelligence service, the Pakistani military said Thursday that it would not bring forward seven men who were mysteriously kidnapped from prison in 2010 - allegedly by intelligence agents - because they were in extremely poor health.

]]> <![CDATA[Panama Indians win withdrawal of dam, mines law]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633353/panama-indians-win-withdrawal.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633353/panama-indians-win-withdrawal.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:31 EST

Legislators in Panama have agreed to reconsider a law on dams and mining that set off disruptive protests by Indians and their supporters.

]]> <![CDATA[Noriega leaves hospital in Panama, returns to jail]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633350/noriega-leaves-hospital-in-panama.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633350/noriega-leaves-hospital-in-panama.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26 EST

Medical authorities in Panama say former dictator Manuel Noriega has left a hospital four days after fainting in the prison where he is serving time for murder, embezzlement and corruption.

]]> <![CDATA[Deadly drone strike signals renewed US-Pakistan cooperation]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633302/deadly-drone-strike-signals-renewed.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633302/deadly-drone-strike-signals-renewed.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06 EST A U.S. drone strike reportedly killed a notorious Pakistani al-Qaida operative before dawn Thursday in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, the latest sign that the United States and Pakistan are stepping up coordinated intelligence operations despite a downturn in relations.

]]> <![CDATA[Deadly drone strike signals renewed U.S.-Pakistan cooperation]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633280/deadly-drone-strike-signals-renewed.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633280/deadly-drone-strike-signals-renewed.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:01 EST A U.S. drone strike reportedly killed a notorious Pakistani al Qaida operative before dawn Thursday in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, the latest sign that the United States and Pakistan are stepping up coordinated intelligence operations despite a downturn in relations.

]]> <![CDATA[Famous Spain judge convicted of misusing authority]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633265/famed-spain-judge-convicted-of.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2633265/famed-spain-judge-convicted-of.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:46 EST

The superstar Spanish judge who won global fame for aggressively taking on international human rights cases was convicted Thursday of overstepping his jurisdiction in a domestic corruption probe and barred from the bench for 11 years, marking a spectacular fall from grace for one of the nation's most prominent citizens.

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