PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder discussed regional crime with Caribbean leaders on Monday during a summit in Haiti.
B.C. man wages crusade against racist, offensive comments on Craigslist
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia man is waging a fight against racist and offensive comments on the website Craigslist.
Mexico's Gigante does not rule out Office Depot purchase
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico's Grupo Gigante on Monday did not rule out a possible acquisition of the 50 percent stake in the Mexican unit of U.S. office-supply store chain Office Depot that it does not already own following a report it was in talks to do so. The Mex ican retailer has been considering options related to its 50 percent holding in Office Depot's local unit since 2008, Grupo Gigante said. Last week U.S. news agency Bloomberg said it was in talks to buy the other half. … Israeli Ethiopian birth control ignites debate
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Accusations that Israel deliberately tried to curb birth rates among Ethiopian immigr ants have reopened a debate over discrimination against the group -- highlighting the state's uneasy relationship with a community that has yet to fully settle into the Israeli mainstream. Nestle withdraws beef products after horse DNA found: FT
LONDON (Reuters) – Nestle , the world's biggest food company, removed beef pasta meals from shelves in Italy and Spain on Monday after tests revealed traces of horse DNA above 1 percent, the Financial Times online reported, citing a company sta tement. Swiss-based Nestle, which just last week said products under its labels were not affected by the escalating horsemeat scandal, said it had informed the authorities, the FT reported. Nestle was not immediately available for comment. … Costa Rica toughens stance in US-backed drug fight
LIBERIA, Costa Rica (AP) -- On a recent Friday morning at a gleaming new international airport in Costa Rica, hundreds of tourists from New York and Minnesota emerged blinking onto the sun-blasted tarmac. At the other end of the runway, eight Americans zipped into tan flight suits aboard a massive white surveillance plane. 
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