Thursday, February 12, 2009

Daily Headlines: February 12, 2009

* Colombia: The U.N. has called on the Colombian government to investigate the recent massacre of 17 indigenous peasants supposedly by FARC guerillas.

* Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez warned that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa will be prohibited from entering Venezuela if he tries to back opposition groups.

* Peru: At least 32 people were killed in a pair of traffic accidents on Monday in Peru.

* Cuba: Look out Microsoft – Cuba has launched its own version of the Linux computer operating system.

Image- The Telegraph (“Colombian soldiers leave after setting on fire a cocaine processing laboratory”)
Online Sources- Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Reuters, earthtimes.org, AP

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