Month: February 2011

JIMANI, Dominican Republic—The Dominican Republic has deported thousands of illegal immigrants in recent weeks, sowing fear among Haitians living in the country and prompting accusations its government is using a cholera outbreak as a pretext […] […]

BENJAMIN Netanyahu has warned of the dangers of an Iranian-style regime led by Islamic extremists arising out of the political chaos sweeping through Egypt. “In a time of chaos, an organised Islamic group can take […] […]

PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak’s last chance of survival appeared to vanish last night when the all-powerful Egyptian Army declared that it would not use force to crush the popular uprising against his regime. In a dramatic […] […]

US hiker Sarah Shourd, freed on bail last year, has been summoned for trial in Iran along with her two American friends who remain in custody, the prosecutor general said today. “Sarah Shourd, one of […] […]

Prosecutors in Mexico say they have filed charges against five contractors and employees at a Caribbean coast hotel where an explosion killed five Canadian tourists and two Mexicans in November. Rodolfo Garcia Pliego, the assistant […] […]