Quito, April 2 (RHC)—Ecuador´s Rafael Correa said that as long as he is the Ecuadorian head of state he will not attend any other Summit of the Americas, until decisions favoring what he called the bigger homeland referring, to  Latin America as a whole, are taken.

Havana, April 2 (RHC)—The so-called Friends of Syria, a group of over 80 countries headed by the United States and the Arab League, legitimized the opposition Syrian National Council during a meeting Sunday in Istanbul, a decision described by Russian foreign minister Serguei Lavrov as a “dangerous statement.

Brussels, April 2 (RHC) The unemployment rate in the Euro Zone in February was 10.8 percent of the active working population, up from 10.7 percent in January.

Madrid, April 2 (RHC) The government of Conservative Spanish President, Mariano Rajoy, who assumed power last December, announced the foreseen budget for 2012, three months into the year.

Damascus, April 2 (Xinhua-RHC) On Sunday, representatives from more than 80 countries voiced support for the Syrian opposition when they met in the Turkish city of Istanbul, seeking to mount international pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to stop the year-long violence and agree on a peaceful political transition.

Official Syrian media launched a scathing criticism on Monday about the "Friends of Syria" conference, held a day earlier in Istanbul, Turkey.

WashingtonD.C., April 2 (Xinhua-RHC) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on a Sunday talkshow that the recent killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin could spur a gun law debate in Florida.

Moscow, April 2^nd, (RHC), -- 31 people lost their lives, and 12 others were injured in a fatal plane crash in Russia's Siberia region early Monday.

Kabul, April 2^nd, (RHC), -- Some 24 people, children among them, have been injured in two bomb explosions in northern Afghanistan.