Daily Headlines: October 17, 2007

* In the latest development of a story we’ve covered several times before, a California judge dropped a lawsuit against Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera. Rivera had been accused of covering up the transfer of a child-abusing priest to the Los Angeles diocese.

* Argentine and Brazilian paleontologists discovered fossils of a new species of dinosaur in the Patagonia region which lived 88 million years ago and measured over 100 feet long.

* Approximately 4000 people marched in Santiago, Chile on Monday calling for increased rights for the country’s Mapuche natives.

* Leaders of Cuba and Venezuela signed over a dozen economic cooperation agreements during Hugo Chavez’ visit to the island.

* The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to extend the organization’s peacekeeping mission in Haiti for oneyear.

* Follow-up: A bomb threat delayed voting on a controversial bill that would decriminalize abortion in Uruguay.

Sources (English)- BBC News, Reuters, The Latin Americanist, Unrepresented Nations and Persons Organization, People’s Daily Online, CNN

Sources (Spanish)- El Pais

Image- Noticieros Televisa