* Haiti: The U.S. Coast Guard ended its search mission for up to 79 Haitian migrants missing from a capsized ship off the Turks and Caicos Islands.
* Brazil: A Brazilian court ordered the release of the widow of the late boxer Arturo Gatti after investigators ruled his death as a suicide.
* U.S.: A group of 97 illegal immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala including children were found by Arizonan authorities crammed into a refrigeration trailer.
* Bolivia: Iran penned a deal with Bolivia providing the Andean country with a $280 million energy loan.
Image- AP (“A rescue boat from the Coast Guard Cutter Bear approaches a 50-foot, green wooden Haitian vessel to begin ferrying migrants to safety on board the Coast Guard cutter, some 28 miles southwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas, in this Sept. 16, 2004 file photo.”)
Online Sources- CNN, BBC News, LAHT, MercoPress
Friday, July 31, 2009
Daily Headlines: July 31, 2009
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