washingtonpost.com - North AmericaNorth AmericaCanada's Martin Promises New Vote- May 8, 2005 TORONTO, April 21 -- Prime Minister Paul Martin on Thursday promised to call a new federal election late this year or early next year, 30 days after a federal judge finishes an inquiry into a political scandal that Martin said was "an unjustified mess."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8003-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/americas/... A Self-Styled Class Warrior Has Major Battle at Hand in Mexico- May 8, 2005 TUCTA, Mexico -- Until 1977, this village in sweltering Tabasco state was a patch of misery surrounded by a swamp. Families lived in thatched huts, with no roads, electricity or relief from swarms of mosquitoes carrying malaria.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12651-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/americas... Mexico's Attorney General Resigns- May 8, 2005 MEXICO CITY, April 27 -- Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha, one of the highest-ranking members of President Vicente Fox's cabinet, resigned Wednesday night over a polarizing controversy surrounding his office's prosecution of Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21781-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/americas... Wal-Mart Says Inquiry Names Ousted Official- May 8, 2005 A federal grand jury in Arkansas is investigating allegations that the former head of U.S. operations at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. misused up to $500,000 in corporate funds, the giant retailer said yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9086-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/... U.N. Envoy To N. Korea Steps Aside For Probe- May 8, 2005 The United Nations' special envoy to North Korea, Maurice F. Strong, decided Wednesday to step aside until U.N.-appointed investigators and federal prosecutors finish examining his financial ties to a South Korean lobbyist accused of trying to bribe U.N. officials.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/... |