Monday, May 5, 2008

Daily Headlines: May 5, 2008

* U.S.: Good news - Pulitzer-prize winning novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" will be turned into a movie.

Bad news - Author Junot Diaz
(image) worries over how the book will be portrayed in the film and whether Dominican actors will be used.

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Honduras: At least 18 prisoners died during fights on Saturday at the main jail in the capital, Tegucigalpa.

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Puerto Rico: Chelsea Clinton visited university students on the island last week in order to drum up support for her mother's presidential campaign.

* Colombia: Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is "
the main hope" for the liberation of kidnapped politician Ingrid Betancourt, according to remarks made by her husband.

Image- Guardian UK
Sources-
BBC News, The Latin Americanist, New York Daily News, USA TODAY, Reuters

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