BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Stowed away on cargo ships and unsure where their dangerous journeys will take them, increasing numbers of African immigrants are arriving in Latin America as European countries tighten border controls.

Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said.

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region, recognized as an independent state by Russia, has cut another of its ties with Georgia by adopting Russia's international dialing code.

Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at the Nicaraguan Congress to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to square off at the weekend in Managua.

The interim leadership in Honduras has vowed to use all security measures at its disposal to ensure a safe election this month and emerge from the country's crippling political crisis.

'Clean Breaks' guide offers travel that's authentic and green. A new book called "Clean Breaks: 500 Ways To See the World" offers vacation options that are socially responsible and environmentally friendly, from camel trekking in Egypt to learning Spanish in Nicaragua to exploring Native American heritage in the U.S.

EU report: Georgian barrage on breakaway region not legally justified, started war with Russia. Georgia and Russia both claimed to find vindication in Wednesday's independent report on the causes of their 2008 war, but neither seemed likely to be able to take the moral high ground because of its blunt judgments.

The United Arab Emirates is interested in participating in a project to build a canal across Nicaragua linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Gulf state's foreign minister said Tuesday.

Women in Nicaragua may soon get mammograms and other health services at the bank, thanks to the work of two Seattle nonprofit groups.

Nicaraguan women may soon get mammograms, health info at the bank thanks to Seattle nonprofits. Women in Nicaragua may soon get mammograms while they bank, thanks to the work of two Seattle nonprofit groups.

Latin American banana producers have agreed to a compromise to settle a conflict over taxes imposed on their exports by the European Union, Latin American sources at the World Trade Organization said Friday.

With increased interest in Central America travel, Frommer's produces its 1st Honduras guide. Frommer's has just debuted a new travel guide to Honduras.

With increased interest in Central America travel, Frommer's produces its 1st Honduras guide. Frommer's has just debuted a new travel guide to Honduras.

Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.

Global report: Abortions decline but unsafe procedures kill many women in developing world. Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.

The leftist Latin American ALBA trade bloc is scheduled Friday to approve measures that would replace US dollars with a new virtual currency for regional commerce, an official said here.

Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar.

Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on the creation of a regional currency to scale back on the use of the US dollar as well as economic sanctions against Honduran coup leaders.

They're uncultured or criminals, we're too stuffy: letters expose candid views of UK diplomats. It's not exactly diplomatic ? details of what British ambassadors really think about their foreign hosts were disclosed Sunday following the release of a series of frank, and sometimes outright rude, letters to London from embassies around the world.

The constitutional panel of Nicaragua's Supreme Court struck down a constitutional ban on President Daniel Ortega seeking reelection to a second consecutive term.