Monday, November 13, 2006

Daily headlines: October 13th

* Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday while protestors (image) demanded troops to withdraw from the country.


* The F.B.I. denied it had acted irresponsibly in destroying documents in 1997 related to exiled Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles.

* Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona advised Mexican soccer officials to hire ex-player Hugo Sanchez to coach the men’s national soccer team.

* Hugo Chavez announced that he would open a Caracas military base used in a failed coup against him for a concert appearance by Colombian pop star Shakira.

* “The resolution inaccurately blames the U.S. trade embargo for the hardships of the Cuban people, while exonerating the Cuban government's own policies” said U.S. Deputy Ambassador Ronald Godard in response to the overwhelming approval by the U.N. of a resolution condemning the U.S. embargo on Cuba.

Links- Guardian UK, BBC News, Miami Herald, CBS News, Al Jazeera, Xinhua

Image- Houston Chronicle

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