Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Daily Headlines: January 10, 2012

Militares paraguayos en Haití
* Haiti: Uruguayan prosecutors might drop the case against six U.N. troops accused of raping a young man in Haiti last year.

* Colombia: The chief of the FARC rebels, known by the alias of “Timochenko”, said that he would be willing to reopen negotiations with the government.

* U.S.: The ABC television network is facing heat from Puerto Ricans a character on the debut episode of “Work It” said "I'm Puerto Rican... I'd be great at selling drugs."

* Brazil: At least eight people died in Rio de Janeiro state as a result of a landslide caused by torrential rain.

Image Source – Flickr via Embajada de EEUU en Paraguay. (CC BY 2.0)

Online Sources- CNN, BBC News, MSNBC, Huffington Post

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