Bogota, (EFE).- Some 5,000 people, most of them Indians, marched Wednesday in downtown Bogota to protest a pact that gives U.S. soldiers greater access to Colombian military bases. Members of grassroots organizations, Indians, students and unionists took part in the so-called "Patriotic March," walking from the National University of Colombia to downtown Bolivar Square in a peaceful protest against the official independence bicentennial celebrations the day before. more >

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MIAMI, (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl weakened to a Category 2 storm with top winds of 110 miles per hour (165 kph) off the North Carolina coast on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. more >

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Santiago (dpa) - Chilean author Isabel Allende was in tears Thursday, as she received the South American country`s National Literature Prize. The prestigious prize - which the late Chilean author Gabriela Mistral obtained six years after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature - generated great debate in Chile, pitting those who support Allende`s work against those who argue that she writes bestsellers rather than literature.. more >

GAZA, (Xinhua) -- More than a dozen Palestinian militant groups on Thursday pledged to step up joint and separate attacks on Israeli targets to foil Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations kicking off in Washington Thursday.. more >

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New York (ANTARA News) - New York City Muslims declared themselves just as American as opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center on Wednesday in a bid to seize control of a debate they appear to be losing.. more >

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