Brazil to pick successor for popular president Published: Sun, Oct 3, 2010 SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country's first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor. Rousseff, a 62-year-old former guerrilla, represents the ruling Workers Party and is the hand-chosen... Read More

Mugabe blames West for Zimbabwe's food shortages Updated: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 ROME (AP) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, whose authoritarian rule has brought widespread hunger to his country, defended his policy of seizing land from whites on Tuesday, saying he is undoing a legacy of Zimbabwe's former colonial masters. Mugabe spoke to world leaders at a U.N. summit on the... Read More

Accused Pilots Won't Return to Brazil Updated: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- Two American pilots facing criminal charges after their executive jet collided with a commercial airliner over the Amazon are willing to testify, but won't return to Brazil to do so, their lawyer said Thursday. "They are innocent of any crime, but are completely willing and... Read More