Saturday, October 10, 2009

Weekend Headlines: October 10-11, 2009

* Brazil: The International Olympic Committee approved golf and rugby sevens for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and reaffirmed women’s boxing as a medal sport.

* Honduras: Have “demobilized” Colombian paramilitaries been hired as mercenaries by Honduran landowners?

* Haiti: At least eleven people died when a United Nations plane crashed yesterday in Haiti.

* Dominican Republic: A Dominican smuggler faces three years in jail for commandeering a failed trip to Puerto Rico that killed three migrants.

* Cuba: Belgium and Kuwait will each receive a detainee from Guantanamo according to U.S. officials.

* Mexico: Police arrested a priest accused of raping and killing a girl from the Catholic school where he taught.

Online Sources- Canada.com, LAHT, Guardian UK, Bloomberg, MSNBC, Voice of America
Image- BBC Sport (“Michelle Wie and Tom Varndell will hope to feature in 2016.”)

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