ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Algerian forces scoured the Sahara Desert on Tuesday, searching for five foreign energy workers who vanished during a chaotic four-day battle with hostage-taking Islamist militants. Rio de Janeiro's favelas find a place on city maps
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Look at most maps of Rio de Janeiro. The beaches are easy to spot, as are the iconic ocean-front neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In the middle is a vast forest. What's less identifiable are the blank swaths with no streets, landmarks or other signs of human habitation. 18 killed in northeast Nigeria market attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- A deputy governor in Nigeria says 18 people were killed in an attack on a local market there.
Wal-Mart plans $450 million expansion in Canada
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Canadian unit will expand its distribution network and open a handful of new stores in the coming fiscal year, as rival discounter Target Corp prepares to open its first stores in the country this spring. Wal-Mart's planned $450 million i nvestment pales in comparison with the more than $750 million it earmarked for expansion in the current fiscal year, which wraps up at the end of January. That said, it has been a particularly active year, thanks to Hudson's Bay Co's decision to mothball its discount banner Zellers. … Algeria scouring Sahara for 5 missing foreigners
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Algerian forces are scouring the Sahara desert for five foreigners missing since Islamist militants attacked a remote natural gas plant, an official said Tuesday.
In Mexico, self-defense squads battle violence
AYUTLA, Mexico (AP) -- The young man at the roadside checkpoint wept softly behind the red bandanna that masked his face. At his side was a relic revolver, and his feet were shod in the muddy, broken boots of a farmer. Mexico City pushes for order with parking meters
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Every day before dawn, dozens of men appear in the Mexican capital's hip Condesa neighborhood an d block off parking spaces along entire streets using water jugs, cardboard boxes, buckets, crates and even blocks of cement. Canadian, Peruvian gold prospectors kidnapped
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Leftist rebels kidnapped five gold prospectors doing exploratory drilling for a Canadian company before dawn Friday in a northern province of Colombia, officials said. One abductee was from Canada, two from Peru and two from Colombia.
Charges stay for now in Sept. 11 at Guantanamo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks will go on -- for now -- with eight charges against each of the men, the Pentagon said Friday.
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