Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Philippines Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/world-latin-america.html en-en Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:09:00 +0800 5 http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/world-latin-america.html http://l.yimg.com/hb/i/ph/mastheads/210x47_ph_news.gif 30 140 http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081012/twl-lt-mexico-tropical-weather-1be00ca.html /ap/20081012/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-lt-mexico-tropical-weather-1be00ca_3 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:09:00 +0800 Norbert dissipated into a tropical depression over the northern mountains of mainland Mexico on Sunday, after ripping off roofs and forcing thousands to seek shelter in Baja California. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081012/twl-missing-marine-1be00ca.html /ap/20081012/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-missing-marine-1be00ca Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:52:00 +0800 The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081012/twl-mexico-weather-storm-4bdc673.html /afp/20081012/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-mexico-weather-storm-4bdc673_2 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:13:00 +0800 Hurricane Norbert has struck Mexico's northwest Pacific coast, ripping off roofs, knocking down trees and leaving one person missing and more than 20,000 homes without electricity, local authorities said. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081011/twl-peru-politics-4bdc673.html /afp/20081011/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-peru-politics-4bdc673_1 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:28:00 +0800 Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Saturday named Yehude Simon, a leftist governor once jailed for alleged links to outlawed Tupac Amaru rebels, as the country's next prime minister. AFP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081012/twl-cb-virgin-islands-earthquake-1be00ca.html /ap/20081012/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-cb-virgin-islands-earthquake-1be00ca_1 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:39:00 +0800 A strong earthquake jolted people awake Saturday in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and nearby Puerto Rico. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-lt-peace-corps-pullout-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-lt-peace-corps-pullout-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:03:00 +0800 It took Ellen Arnstein the better part of two years to win the trust of the people of Camargo, a farming town of 5,000 in southeastern Bolivia. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-lt-losing-latin-america-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-lt-losing-latin-america-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:58:00 +0800 In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-lt-mexico-violence-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-lt-mexico-violence-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:17:00 +0800 Gunmen opened fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate attacks, police said Friday. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-lt-peru-oil-scandal-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-lt-peru-oil-scandal-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:38:00 +0800 President Alan Garcia accepted the resignation of his entire Cabinet on Friday without naming replacements in response to an oil kickbacks scandal. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-lt-colombia-palace-of-justice-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-lt-colombia-palace-of-justice-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:41:00 +0800 Prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a second retired general in the disappearance of 12 people during the Colombian army's bloody 1985 retaking of the Palace of Justice from leftist rebels. AP