Thursday, August 7, 2008

Daily Headlines: August 7, 2008

* U.S.: Is there racial profiling involved in the tipping off of 59 Chicago motorists with Latino surnames to federal immigration authorities? Some local activists and politicians think so.

* Latin America: Mexico’s America Movil and Spain’s Telefonica each announced that they will start selling the 3G iPhone in Latin America later this month.

* Argentina: Looks like soccer star Lionel Messi is going to be prevented from playing in the Olympics.

* Chile: Scientists discovered that a chemical found in the Martian soil coincides with one found in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Image- Guardian UK

Sources- Chicagoist, washingtonpost.com, Reuters, BBC Sport, Reuters India, The Latin Americanist


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