IN BRIEF: Pope considers change in mass Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment EUROPE POPE CONSIDERS CHANGe in MASS VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is considering a change to the Mass liturgy, said Cardinal Francis Arinze, who heads the Vatican office for sacraments....

New faces join talks on economy Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — There were new faces at Saturday’s emergency economic summit, nations whose smaller and historically weaker economies mean they rarely get a seat at the global financial...

WORLD LEADERS: New Castro photo surfaces Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment New Castro photo surfaces Fidel Castro, left above, looks thin and frail but alert in a photograph made available Thursday by the Russian Orthodox Church. The 82-year-old former president of Cuba...

Kennedy home after brief hospital visit Sat, Sep 27, 2008 BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, has returned home after being taken to a hospital by ambulance because he had suffered a seizure, his staff says. A statement...

Venezuela's Chavez mends Colombia ties Mon, Mar 3, 2008 PARAGUANA, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe mended relations Friday after months of sniping that threatened trade and unleashed a diplomatic crisis...

Freed Colombian hostages urge hope Thu, Jul 3, 2008 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent messages of hope in a radio...

No hay planes de aumentar precio de gasolinas en Venezuela Thu, May 18, 2006 CARACAS (AP) -- En Venezuela no hay planes inmediatos de aumentar el precio de las gasolinas, consideradas entre las más baratas del mundo, afirmó el viernes el presidente Hugo...

Mugabe blames West for Zimbabwe's food shortages 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...

Penn Out As Clinton Senior Strategist Mon, Apr 7, 2008 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton is turning to her communications chief and pollster to plan her presidential election strategy after giving the boot to a polarizing top...

Latin Presidents Move to End Crisis Wed, Mar 5, 2008 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- South America moved away from talk of war as the presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador agreed to end a bitter dispute triggered by a...

Argentine President-Elect Thanks Clinton Sun, Oct 28, 2007 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- First lady Cristina Fernandez, in her first televised interview since winning Argentina's presidency, wished Hillary Clinton well in her U.S. election bid...

Pinochet Relatives Indicted in Chile Fri, Sep 8, 2006 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- The widow and five children of Gen. Augusto Pinochet were among 23 people indicted Thursday on charges of corruption related to the dictator's U.S. bank accounts,...

FMI: Posición de Brasil para mediano plazo es favorable Thu, May 18, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) -- El Fondo Monetario Internacional elogió el martes al gobierno del presidente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva por el "fuerte rendimiento económico" de Brasil y dijo...

Lula garantiza que inflación no volverá a Brasil Thu, May 18, 2006 BRASILIA (AP) -- Las olas inflacionarias no volverán a producirse en Brasil, aseguró el jueves el presidente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, que exhortó además al congreso a...

Accused Pilots Won't Return to Brazil 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...

Lula desea cerrar acuerdo de OMC en 30 días Thu, May 18, 2006 BRASILIA (AP) -- Tras reunirse el fin de semana con su colega estadounidense, George W. Bush, el presidente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva afirmó el lunes que es posible cerrar en 30...

Al Gore nominado para premio Príncipe de Asturias Thu, Jun 1, 2006 MADRID (AP) -- Al Gore, cuya campaña en defensa del medio ambiente le ha dado notoriedad internacional, fue nominado en España para uno de los prestigiosos galardones príncipe...

Castro Reportedly Did Not Want Colostomy Mon, Jan 15, 2007 MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Fidel Castro himself told surgeons not to perform a colostomy, opting instead for a course of surgery that produced a complication leaving the Cuban leader in far...

Jefe de Banco Central de Brasil descarta "errores graves" Thu, May 18, 2006 BRASILIA (AP) -- El presidente del Banco Central de Brasil, Henrique Meirelles, descartó que el gobierno pueda cometer "errores graves" en la política económica y aseguró...

Brasileños eligen a su próximo presidente Fri, Jun 9, 2006 BRASILIA (AP) -- Desde las remotas regiones amazónicas hasta los poblados costeros y centros industriales, cerca de 126 millones de brasileños debieron elegir el domingo a su...