A few weeks ago, I read the sad story of the beating death of Mexican migrant Luis Ramirez (age 25) in a small town in Pennsylvania. The details as reported in the press are sad and disgusting regarding what allegedly transpired between three white teens charged in the case and Ramirez. The story has stayed in my mind.
The past three weeks I and my husband Eric spent in Peru, birding in cloud and rainforest, primarily in the high Andes east of Cuzco, along the Madre de Dios River, and at lodges just outside the boundaries of the Manu Biosphere Preserve, a million acres of lowland rainforest that has been set aside for strict ecosystem preservation.
Two suicide bombers have killed almost 40 people at an arms factory near Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, according to police and Pakistani media reports.
The United States and Iraq are close to reaching an agreement on the future of US forces in Iraq, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has said.
Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia has called for Russia to recognise its independence at a traditional assembly on the main square of its capital, Sukhumi.
Spain has declared three days of mourning after more than 150 people on board a Spanair aircraft were killed in the Spanish capital Madrid during takeoff.
Promises to revise a controversial land law in Peru have halted widespread protests just days before a vote by congress that might see the legislation repealed.
Revazi Mindorashvili of Georgia has won the Olympic freestyle wrestling 84kg championship after defeating the Russian gold medal favourite in an emotional semi-final match and then coming from behind in the final.
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Spain has declared three days of mourning after more than 150 people on board a Spanair aircraft were killed in the Spanish capital Madrid during takeoff.
