CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country’s news media in nearly a week Thursday, saying he was in good shape and recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba. In a five-minute phone conversation broadcast on state television, Chavez said he was active, eating well and even […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez says she is seeking to negotiate with the United Kingdom to establish three weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands. No flights currently connect the U. K.- controlled islands and Argentina. Two weekly flights travel from Chile to the islands about 300 miles off […]

PROVO, Utah ( AP) — A Utah woman has tied a record after she gave birth on a third consecutive Leap Day. David and Louise Estes’ daughter Jade was born Wednesday morning in Provo. The birth comes four years after their son Remington was born on Feb. 29, 2008, and eight years after their son […]

TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian Via Rail passenger train was going four times the normal speed when it derailed this week, killing three railroad employees and injuring 45 passengers, investigators said Thursday. The Transportation Safety Board said the train was traveling at 67 mph when it derailed while switching tracks on Sunday west of Toronto. […]

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ attorney general has dropped gambling charges against about 40 elderly women, including a 98-year-old, whose weekly poker-and-bridge party had been raided by police. The women, mostly in their 70s, had became a local cause celebre after receiving a court summons this week. Interviews with 98-year-old Eftychia Yiasemidou appeared in several […]