UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Seven people, including slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, were honored for their human rights efforts Wednesday by the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

BRASILA, Brazil, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Two men convicted of killing an American nun in the Brazilian Amazon will get a new trial as part of the appeals process, O Globo reported Monday.

BELEM, Brazil, May 14 (UPI) -- A Brazilian man accused of ordering the death of a nun working in the Amazon region Monday denied playing a role in her slaying. Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura told a court he had no part in the shooting death of Dorothy Stang in February 2005, Agencia Estado

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 27 (UPI) -- A third Brazilian man has been convicted and sentenced to prison for the February 2005 murder of an American nun working in the Amazon, O Globo reported Thursda

SAO PAULO, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Two Brazilians have been found guilty of killing a U.S.-born Catholic nun who fought ranchers and logging companies on behalf of local peasants.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Brazilian police have arrested three suspects in the killing of a U.S. anthropology professor in the Brazilian Amazon, investigators said Monday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (UPI) -- Brazilian authorities have arrested another suspect in the death of an American activist in the Amazon.

BRASILIA, Brazil, March 31 (UPI) -- Brazilian lawmakers said they have evidence of a conspiracy to kill an American activist slain in February, Estado de Sao Paulo reported Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 28 (UPI) -- Brazilian authorities have apprehended their final suspect in the killing of an American nun and activist in the Amazon, O Globo newspaper reported Monday.