LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Heavy rains caused a hilltop to collapse in a poor neighborhood of the Bolivian capital Sunday, cracking roads, destroying at least 400 homes and burying people's belongings under mud and debris.
There were no fatalities but significant damage from the landslide in the barrio of Callapa, La Paz Mayor Luis Revilla said.
Edwin Herrera, a city government spokesman, called Sunday's slide the worst that La Paz has ever seen; and he said the earth was still moving downhill.
Cuban activists shouted down
HAVANA, AFP) – The Cuban government released a political prisoner Sunday even as some 200 pro-government activists harassed the wives of other jailed dissidents at a protest march.
“Get out, get out, you pack of worms,” were among insults pro-government activists chanted at the Ladies in White group pushing for the release of their loved ones by the only one-party communist regime in the Americas.
The Ladies, winners of the 2005 Sakharov rights prize from the European Parliament, were marching in white as they do most Sundays when they were targeted by counter-demonstrators.
Dialogue in Bahrain
WASHINGTON, (AFP) – President Barack Obama extended US support Sunday for a “national dialogue” in Bahrain, and said it should be “inclusive, non-sectarian and responsive” to the people of the Gulf kingdom.
Obama's statement came a day after King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa reshuffled his cabinet and allowed the return to the country of an exiled opposition leader after 13 days of protests. Obama welcomed the changes and the king's reaffirmation of his commitment to reform.
“The United States supports the national dialogue initiative led by Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, and encourages a process that is meaningful, inclusive, non-sectarian, and responsive to the people of Bahrain,” he said.
Bahrain, a tiny, oil-rich kingdom which has Sunni rulers governing over a restive Shiite majority, houses the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet.
Inquiry into reporter's death
BANGKOK (AP) – Thailand's Department of Special Investigation says it has determined that a Reuters cameraman killed during political protests in Bangkok last year was not shot by security forces, a reversal from preliminary findings that raised immediate questions about the inquiry.
In its long-delayed report into the April 10 death of Japanese journalist Hiro Muramoto, the DSI said Monday the bullet that killed him was fired by an AK-47 rifle, which a different weapon than those used by soldiers.
Reuters News editor-in-chief Stephen J. Adler said in a statement “the apparent contradiction between the preliminary investigation and these reports makes full transparency about the process and the findings imperative.”
source: mb.com.ph
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