* Latin America: Over 100 counties around the world signed on to a treaty banning cluster bombs though the U.S. and Brazil were major exceptions.
* Chile: NPR takes a look at Chilean author Roberto Bolano whose legend has grown in the five years since he died.
* Russia: A Russian warship involved in recent military exercises with Venezuela is expected to sail through the Panama Canal this week.
* Mexico: The family of a student who survived a Colombian military raid on a FARC camp in Ecuador claimed that she will soon return to her native Mexico.
Image- AFP (“Bomblets that fail to explode on impact can still kill and maim long after the conflict.”)
Sources- CNN, Xinhua, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC, miamherald.com
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Daily Headlines: December 4, 2008
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