Thursday, June 5, 2008

Daily Headlines: June 5, 2008

* U.S.: Rest in peace Mel Ferrer; the Cuban-American actor, film director and producer died Monday at the age of 90.

* Peru: The human rights trial of ex-President Alberto Fujimori was suspended yesterday so that he may undergo surgery.

* U.S.: Prosecutors are presenting their appeal in a U.S. court against a 2007 decision freeing Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles.

* Mexico: Some Mexican officials are disappointed with human rights conditions added by U.S. legislators to the multibillion dollar counterdrug Merida Initiative.

Sources- Los Angeles Times, AFP, The Latin Americanist, Associated Press

Image- China Daily (“In this Jan. 24, 1993 file photo, Mel Ferrer is shown at the funeral for his ex-wife, actress Audrey Hepburn in Tolochenaz, Switzerland.”)

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