World briefs
PERU: Suspect shouted down
The lone suspect in the disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway was paraded - moist-eyed and looking stunned - before reporters Saturday as Peruvians denounced him and detectives began interrogating him about the killing of a Lima student. Joran van der Sloot arrived at criminal police headquarters in a brown Interpol SUV and was escorted across an auditorium crowded with shouting, shutter-snapping journalists three times. Wearing a bulletproof vest, his hands handcuffed behind him, the 22-year-old stared straight ahead and didn't respond to reporters' questions.
HAITI: Architects head to Haiti
A team of New York architects is flying to Haiti this week with prototypes of an octagonal vinyl structure they hope will help house some of the 1.5 million Haitians still homeless because of the Jan. 12 earthquake. The first of the aluminum-and-steel octagonal structures will be built in Jacmel in southern Haiti under an arrangement with the nonprofit group Rural Haiti Project.
SOUTH AFRICA: AIDS groups protest
AIDS awareness groups said Saturday they are protesting against FIFA for not allowing them to distribute health-related information and condoms at World Cup stadiums and fan events in South Africa. But FIFA spokesman Pekka Odriozola said the governing body had not received any requests from groups wishing to do so. An alliance of 10 South African HIV/AIDS organizations said FIFA has not permitted civic groups to set up booths and small "wellness centers."
'It's depressing, it's frustrating' A Newsday investigation revealed that Grumman Aerospace knew toxic chemicals were leaking into the ground in Bethpage. Newsday Associate Editor Paul LaRocco and Deputy Editor David Schwartz explain.
'It's depressing, it's frustrating' A Newsday investigation revealed that Grumman Aerospace knew toxic chemicals were leaking into the ground in Bethpage. Newsday Associate Editor Paul LaRocco and Deputy Editor David Schwartz explain.
