Archive for May 18th, 2008

Spanish police arrest five suspected hackers

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Five suspected hackers who were accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America have been arrested, Spanish police said Saturday. They were arrested this week in the Spanish cities of Barcelona ...

Razor-sharp concertina wire being installed at U.S.-Mexican border

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

The U.S. Border Patrol is installing razor-sharp concertina wire atop border fencing along a stretch at the U.S.-Mexican border, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. This move, according to the report, was marking a major shift ...

Venezuela accuses Colombian troops of intrusion

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

The Venezuelan government on Saturday accused 60 Colombian troops of illegally entering the Venezuelan territory and called "the incursion" a provocation by the Colombian government seeking to destabilize the region". "Venezuela vie ...

Ecuadorian president says to quit if proved to have links with FARC

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Saturday he would step down if there is proof that he had ties with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the largest rebel group in Colombia. "If I had the most minimal relation ...

Mexico transgender couple ties the knot

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

A couple who both changed their sex married on Saturday in Mexico's first transgender wedding, as the traditionally conservative country loses some of its inhibitions. Mario del Socorro, formerly Maria, and Diana Guerrero, who used t ...

About 3,500 evacuated after derailed train leaks acid

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

About 3,500 people were evacuated in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday after a derailed freight train began leaking acid, police said. Six cars of the freight train derailed early Saturday and one of them began leaking hydrochloric ...

Man opens fire at church festival in California, leaving 3 injured

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

A man opened fire at a church festival Saturday in California, wounding his ex-wife and two others nearby, police said. The man shot with a 22-caliber rifle a few minutes before an annual weekend festival was to begin on a grassy fi ...

CPN-M threatens to quit Nepali gov’t if PM doesn’t resign

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) has threatened to go to the people if Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala did not step down and paved the wayfor the formation of post-election government after the first meeting of the Constit ...