Monday, June 29, 2009

Daily Headlines: June 29, 2009

* Guatemala: Could a Guatemalan man who complained via Twitter about corruption in his country be sentenced to five years in jail?

* Argentina: A local court ruled that seventy army officers can be put on trial for allegedly torturing their fellow troops during the 1982 Falklands War.

* Ecuador: The Ecuadorian government has asked for international help for the 135,000 Colombian refugees in that country.

* Brazil: The Brazilian military has called off its search operations for the bodies of those on the crashed Air France flight 447.

Image- AP (“Guatemalan Twitter user Jean Anleu poses for a picture in Guatemala City, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social networking site Twitter. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)”)
Online Sources- Washington Post, CNN, LAHT, BBC News

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