LIMA (Peru) - LATIN America and the Caribbean are home to the biggest socioeconomic inequalities in the world, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said in a report on Friday.
In its first 'Human Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean,' a copy of which was provided to AFP, the UNDP said the region had 65 per cent more inequalities than wealthy countries, 35 per cent more than East Asia and 18 per cent more than sub-Saharan Africa.
CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand) - THE first job losses from the New Zealand earthquake were announced on Thursday, as authorities turned the spotlight on how aftershocks are taking a mental toll on Christchurch residents.
Supermarket operator Foodstuffs said its store in suburban Kaiapoi was irreparably damaged in Saturday's 7.0 magnitude quake and 86 workers were being made redundant.
SEATTLE - NEW documents released by the Army say a staff sergeant charged in a conspiracy to murder civilians kept Afghan body parts and threatened subordinates.
Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs is the most senior of five Fort Lewis-based Stryker soldiers charged in the deaths of three Afghan civilians earlier this year. His lawyer says he denies being part of any conspiracy and that the deaths were all 'appropriate engagements.'
BOULDER (Colorado) - A WILDFIRE burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history on Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed nearly 136 homes in just three days.
Authorities provided the dire assessment as firefighters encountered a tangle of rattlesnakes, downed power lines and combustible propane tanks and struggled to get an upper hand on the inferno.
