Daily Headlines: May 16, 2007

* Are the rumors true that Colombian singer Shakira will get married in the Dominican Republic this September?

* Will Venezuelan smokers be pleased at a recent government anti-tobacco initiative?

* Is Colombian president Alvaro Uribe’s defense of his vice president against charges of paramilitary involvement justified?

* Are fewer births really the reason why Cuba’s pollution is in decline?
* Will the idea of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to buy water utilities in Chile pay dividends?

Links- Dominican Today, Guardian UK, BBC News, CNN, Toronto Star

Image- LT24onLine (Shakira with her fiancée, Argentine Antonio de la Rua)