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The massacre of 18 people in a shoe factory in northern Honduras was likely an attempt by the assailants to eliminate sympathizers of a rival gang even though none of the victims had criminal records, authorities said Wednesday.

HONDURAS: MASSACRE INVESTIGATION -- A group of men with guns burst into a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula, and started shooting.

'Being a migrant is a right of people; it was even a right for Jesus himself. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were migrants in their own time, when they had to flee into Egypt.

Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, bringing a surprising end to a dynasty whose name became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.

The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July - more than double the number previously reported - and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens.

Police say at least 15 people are dead in Honduras after gunmen burst into a shoe factory and opened fire.

Eighteen people died and several others were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras, police said.

Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 15 workers and wounding eight, Honduran authorities said.

Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 15 workers and wounding eight, Honduran authorities said.

Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and city officials welcomed President Porfirio Lobo Sosa of Honduras to New Orleans.

Honduras' Presidential Plane Makes Emergency Landing in U.S. TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran presidential plane made an emergency landing in the United States due to a technical failure, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo's personal secretary Reinaldo Sanchez said on Monday.

GUATEMALA CITY, Sep 6, 2010 - With a backpack full of dreams, Gelder Lizardo Boche, a 17-year-old from Guatemala, set out for the United States on Aug.

The bodies of three men suspected of participating in the massacre of 72 migrants last month were found by the side of a road in northern Mexico after an anonymous caller told authorities where to find the cadavers, federal officials said Monday.

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Honduras' class struggle persists in the hemisphere's second poorest country after Haiti, committed to end decades of repression, injustice and poverty, a growing problem throughout most of the world of dark interests wanting more wealth and power at the expense of easily exploitable people.

A Perth man wanted for questioning over the death of a Dutch backpacker has failed in an attempt to have a restraining order slapped on a high-profile Dutch crime reporter and his colleagues.

Tegucigalpa, Sep 5 A network of dealers trading the organs of minors and undocumented people operates in the Honduras-Mexico corridor, according to an official report submitted to the Supreme Court of Justice.

HAVANA a ' Fidel Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.

Unidentified people sit next to the coffin containing the body of Miguel Angel Carcamo during his funeral at his home in the town of El Guante Cedros, Honduras, Thursday Sept.

A candidate in this month's Afghan parliamentary elections was wounded in a grenade attack amid growing political violence and insurgent attacks aimed at sabotaging the polls.