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Paraguay : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Libr..
Overview of life, history, and culture by the US Library of Congress.
Peru
Peru, the largest in area in the Andean countries, was the cradle of the most advanced indigenous civilizations and most powerful empire in pre-Columbian ...
Suriname Travel Guide and Travel Information - Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Suriname Travel Guide. Suriname travel information, advice, hotels , reviews, maps and itineraries.
Guyana Newspapers : Newspapers from Guyana : Guyana News
Guyana Newspapers. Guyana Chronicle · Guyana Infoline [In English]; Guyana News Today [In English]; Kaieteur News · The Mirror · Stabroek News ...
Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Motto: "Out of many, one people". Anthem: "Jamaica, Land We Love" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen". Location of Jamaica ...
CIA - The World Factbook -- Antigua and Barbuda
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
Venezuela in the Yahoo! Directory
Find resources about Venezuela. Explore the history, learn about the regions, find local newspapers, check the business categories, and browse the local ...
Honduras Travel Guide and Travel Information - Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Honduras Travel Guide. Honduras travel information, advice, hotels , reviews, maps and itineraries.
Photos of Honduras
Honduras
Offers lodgings, tours, and travel tips with photo galleries and online booking links. Includes attractions, news, and events. [Spanish/English]
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Hu to visit Costa Rica, first Chinese president in Central A..
San Jose, Costa Rica - Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to visit Costa Rica beginning Sunday, in the first visit by a Chinese leader travels to Central America. It will be a historic visit, a Costa Rican Foreign Ministry official told Deutsche Pr...
Munich's Demichelis happy with Maradona as Argentina coach
Munich - Bayern Munich's Argentina defender Martin Demichelis is delighted about the choice of living legend Diego Maradona as new national team coach. Maradona is the biggest football idol we have in football. He is football-crazy. He thinks and li...
FEMA official says agency response slow after Ike
A top official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency admits that the agency was sluggish in its response to Texans affected by Hurricane Ike's devastation, according to a published report.
Jessica Simpson says she and Tony Romo are
New York, Oct 30 : Singer Jessica Simpson says that she and beau Tony Romo are "compatible in all areas."
Robert Pattinson tops Entertainment Weekly
New Delhi, Nov 24 : American magazine Entertainment Weekly has compiled a list of "10 Breakout Stars of 2008" and English actor Robert Pattinson has topped it.
Howard, Magic edge Chicago
ORLANDO AP — Dwight Howard had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic held off the Chicago Bulls 96-93 after Andres Nocioni's missed 3-pointer at the buzzer on Monday.
Locale Media to Expand to Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C., and Bo..
STAMFORD, CT--(Marketwire - November 10, 2008) - Locale Media, the local advertising network, is expanding to Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Boston. "We have initiated sales and marke...
EXTRA: Harper re-elected in Canada, fails to reach majority
Montreal - Final results were announced Wednesday in Canada's parliamentary vote, showing Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper back in power, but failing to reach a majority in Canada's 308-seat parliament. Harper's Conservative Party were elec...
Patchwork of safe-haven laws creates confusion
As lawmakers prepare to tweak Nebraska's much-criticized safe-haven law that allows parents to abandon kids as old as 18, they'll find no nationwide consensus on what age limit should be written into such legislation.
Advice and dissent: Obama reaches out to ex-rivals
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AP - Presidents typically say they want to be surrounded by strong-willed people who have the courage to disagree with them. President-elect Barack Obama, reaching out to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans, actually might mean it.
Taiwan's former first lady questioned in graft probe
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AFP - Taiwanese prosecutors on Saturday questioned former president Chen Shui-bian's wife in a corruption probe, days after the ex-leader was detained in connection with the same case.
First panels of Jonestown memorial unveiled
A 36-foot-long stone wall to be inscribed with names of the more than 900 victims First panels revealed on the 30th anniversary of the massacre in Guyana Mourners gasp, tearful survivors scatter carna...
Charity worker finds $7,500 among donated shoes
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AP - This stacks up among the better finds at a Goodwill store: $7,500 in cash stuffed in a shoebox.
Obama campaign team rarely stumbled
Candidate's disciplined and nimble team learned to exploit opponents' weaknesses.
Jet fuel prices plunge, but fees defy gravity
As any driver knows, oil prices have plunged in recent weeks and with them the cost of filling up the gas tank. Airlines are enjoying the same respite from the summer's record-breaking prices: Jet fue...
Philly police mourn sergeant killed on duty
In what has become an all-too-familiar ritual, city police saluted the coffin of a slain comrade as his family wiped away tears and the sounds of bagpipes filled the air outside a downtown cathedral.
Northeast lawmakers want Lieberman ousted as chair
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AP - Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's chances of holding onto his committee chairmanship suffered a blow Friday when two key New England Democratic senators came out against him.
HIV/AIDS Treatment Program Goal Reached Early - White House
(AFP)--U.S. President George W. Bush will mark World AIDS Day on Monday by announcing his administration has met its goal of treating 2 million people with HIV/AIDS by the year's end, the White Hous...
African heritage and an American dream
Immigrants from Africa, who claim the son of a Harvard-educated Kenyan father and a white American mother as one of their own, are starting to draw attention, both for their strong presence at elite c...
Fla. voters wrote in Clinton, Colbert
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 20:09 CST Officials in Duval County, Fla., said 736 write-in ballots were cast in the presidential election for Hillary Clinton, Steven Colbert and other non...
Texas man sentenced for threatening President Bush
An inmate who threatened to kill President Bush in letters written while he was being held in solitary confinement was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
Species rule takes short cut
In one of the quickest turnarounds for rewriting federal regulations, the Bush administration is changing a rule to cut out government wildlife experts in some endangered species decisions. The new rule has to be published by Friday to deny President-elect Barack Obama the ability to reverse it when he takes office.
Gore to campaign for Obama in Florida
Florida was more trick than treat for Al Gore in 2000, yet the former vice president is heading to the state on Halloween to campaign for Barack Obama.
Food, beer & butterflies in stomach
NEW YORK: On Tuesday night, as history was being made, America was getting ready to party. In Alaska, the doors of the Wasilla Multi-Use Sports Complex were flung open at 3 pm for food, beer, wi...
Rejected absentee votes the focus in Minn. recount
More than 6,400 rejected absentee ballots are becoming the focus in Minnesota's contested Senate election, as the state Canvassing Board prepares to decide whether to let some into the recount.
Obama's grandmother dies 2 days before election
Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86.
Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban
(AP Photo/Darryl Bush)Rev. Amos Brown, a national board member of the NAACP, raises his hands as he speaks to a large crowd of supporters of same-sex marriage, as they cheer in front of San Francisco ...
Foreign Rescuers Arrive at Haiti School
PETIONVILLE, Haiti, Nov. 8 -- International rescue teams joined the search for survivors Saturday in the rubble of a Haitian school that collapsed on classrooms filled with students and teachers, killing at least 75 people.
McCain will return to Senate and seek a fifth term
Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that he intends to seek a fifth term in the Senate in 2010 and looks forward to resuming his duties in Washington.
Pa. settles lawsuit over boy's shooting for $12.5M
Pennsylvania will pay $12.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the father of a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot by troopers after he hopped out of a stolen vehicle.
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