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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades. Federal Police Commissioner Nestor Rodriguez says the dead include 48 adults and one child. That makes it Argentina's worst train accident since Feb. 1, 1970,...

A train crash at the busy Once station in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires has left a number of people dead and hundreds injured, officials say. Emergency services...

Marco Antonio Bonilla used keys to open locks and a bench to smash down doors as fire raged and prison guards panicked Surviving prisoners in a courtyard outside barracks at Comayagua jail after the fire. Photograph: Gustavo Amador/EPA The Honduran government has pardoned a convicted murderer who helped save hundreds of inmates during a fire that killed 360 people last week. President Porfirio Lobo announced he would pardon Marco Antonio Bonilla, also known as Shorty, for releasing trapped prisoners from the horrific blaze that destroyed Comayagua jail....

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, injuring at least 340 morning commuters, Argentina's transportation secretary said. "There are people still trapped, people alive, and there may have...

“Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are,” goes the proverb. So it’s worth directing our gaze for a moment at the friends of U.S. President Barack Obama and of his predecessors in the White House. In...

REUTERS - Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned his ministry on Wednesday amid speculation he was going to mount a bid to topple Prime Minister Julia Gillard, plunging...

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Las fuerzas de seguridad irrumpieron el miércoles en una prisión en la isla turística de Bali, en Indonesia, después de que los presos tomaran temporalmente el control de la instalación, donde ocasionaron incendios y lanzaron piedras a los guardias. Al menos tres reos resultaron hes ridos. Los actos de violencia que ocurrieron el martes en la noche en la prisión de Kerobokan se debieron al apuñalamiento de un interno ocurrido la semana pasada, dijo el jefe de la policía local, general de división Totoy Herawan Indra. Indra dijo que la policía antidisturbios y los soldados irrumpieron a primeras horas del miércoles en la prisión mientras centenares de fuerzas de...

PARIS (AP) — Olvidemos lo que aprendimos en la clase de francés sobre "madame" (señora) y "mademoiselle" (señorita). Ahora el gobierno francés dice que el estado civil no debe tener importancia, por lo menos cuando se trata del mundo burocrático que alcanza todos los niveles. La oficina del primer ministro hizo circular un memorando el martes en el cual ordena a los funcionarios que deben erradicar el uso del término "señorita" en los documentos administrativos. Hasta ahora, una mujer tenía que identificarse, ya sea como "señora" si estaba casada o como "señorita" si era soltera, en todos los documentos desde los tributarios hasta las aseguradoras y en las boletas de votación. El francés no...

AFP - Hundreds of Afghans threw stones, shouted "death to America" and torched tyres, pouring onto streets Wednesday for a second day of angry protests against NATO troops for burning copies of the Koran. About 500 protesters threw stones at a US military base in Kabul, while in the eastern city of Jalalabad more than 1,000 demonstrators blocked the highway shouting "Death to Americans, Death to Obama", AFP journalists said. Afghanistan is a deeply...