BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil’s president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in
for human rights.
of complicity with “the tyranny of Castro.” Brazilian pundits also criticized Silva and a political ally called the president’s words disappointing.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Silva said that “we have to respect the [...]

BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil’s president is coming under criticism for his deference to the Cuban government regarding the island’s
over human rights.
on Wednesday of complicity with “the tyranny of Castro.” At home, Brazilian pundits blasted Silva while a political ally called the president’s words disappointing.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, [...]

KABUL – Taking aim at the U.S.,
, fighting terrorists it once supported.
in the Afghan capital, Ahmadinejad was asked to respond to
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
, who earlier in the week accused Tehran of “playing a double game” by trying to have a good relationship with the Afghan government while undermining U.S. [...]

Iran’s president acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that Afghan and Pakistani intelligence helped his government to hunt down the leader of the most dangerous ethnic opposition movement.
Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad paid an official visit to Kabul, the Afghan capital, and disclosed the help that Iran received to arrest Abdolmalek Rigi, the commander of the Jundollah [...]

NICOSIA, Cyprus – A Cyprus police spokesman has confirmed that a body discovered in a
.
Spokesman Michalis Katsounotos says DNA results obtained early Tuesday positively identify the corpse as Papadopoulos.
Katsounotos says a tip-off led police to the corpse late Monday. But he wouldn’t elaborate in what state the corpse was.
Papadopoulos’ corpse was [...]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released and flew to
on Monday, but the U.S. group’s leader remained in custody.
Charisa Coulter, 24, was taken from her jail cell to the airport by U.S. Embassy staff more than a month after she and nine other [...]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One of two U.S. Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released Monday, but the group’s leader remained in custody.
Charisa Coulter was taken from her jail cell to the airport by U.S. Embassy staff more than a month after she and nine other Americans were arrested for trying [...]

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cypriot police acting on a tipoff found a body at a Nicosia cemetery that they believe could be the stolen corpse of former president
, a spokesman said on Monday.
Michalis Katsounotos wouldn’t say in what state the corpse was or whether it was buried. He also did not say what evidence [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela – Former
plans to write a book describing his ouster last year.
Zelaya says Honduras’ business elite was behind last June’s military-backed coup that sent him into exile.
, Zelaya said the business leaders feared he planned to copy President Hugo Chavez’s socialist policies and some were upset over his decision to seize [...]

has threatened to go on a hunger strike to protest against his detention, his wife said Sunday.
Fonseka will begin his fast unless allowed to telephone their two daughters studying in the United States, Anoma Fonseka told reporters in Colombo.
“He told the senior-most naval officer guarding him that he will start his death fast [...]