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Another bloody night in Sinaloa
Five federal and state police agents are killed in an ambush in Culiacan as drug gangs try to fight off a government crackdown. The day's toll was 10.
The fourth corpse pulled from the bullet-shattered pickup truck didn't have the benefit of a body bag. Only the face was covered (with a useless bullet-proof vest). The victim's red shirt was even redder, soaked with blood. His bare arm hung limply from a gurney as he was lifted to a wagon from the morgue, the toes of his boots pointed skyward, at odd angles.
The fourth corpse pulled from the bullet-shattered pickup truck didn't have the benefit of a body bag. Only the face was covered (with a useless bullet-proof vest). The victim's red shirt was even redder, soaked with blood. His bare arm hung limply from a gurney as he was lifted to a wagon from the morgue, the toes of his boots pointed skyward, at odd angles.
Egypt and other Red Sea nations target pirates
Egypt, which makes $5 billion a year in Suez Canal fees, holds talks in Cairo on how to stop Somali gunmen from hijacking tankers and other ships in the area.
Worried that piracy could scare ships away from the Suez Canal, Egypt on Thursday held emergency talks with nations bordering the Red Sea on how stop brazen Somali gunmen from hijacking oil tankers and other vessels.
Worried that piracy could scare ships away from the Suez Canal, Egypt on Thursday held emergency talks with nations bordering the Red Sea on how stop brazen Somali gunmen from hijacking oil tankers and other vessels.
Judge orders release of 5 Guantanamo prisoners
The government's case against five Algerian natives, accused of plotting with Al Qaeda, is weak, a federal judge in Washington says.
A federal judge ruled here for the first time Thursday that the Bush administration had no basis for holding several of its long-term prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and he ordered that five of the Algerian natives go free.
A federal judge ruled here for the first time Thursday that the Bush administration had no basis for holding several of its long-term prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and he ordered that five of the Algerian natives go free.
Figure in alleged Colombia scam extradited
David Murcia Guzman, the founder of a failed financial services firm, is held in Panama and immediately sent back to Colombia.
The president of a failed Colombian financial services firm suspected of laundering drug profits and bilking thousands of mostly poor investors of millions of dollars has been arrested in Panama and deported, officials said Thursday.
The president of a failed Colombian financial services firm suspected of laundering drug profits and bilking thousands of mostly poor investors of millions of dollars has been arrested in Panama and deported, officials said Thursday.
Israel rebuffs U.N. plea to ease Gaza blockade
U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon wants Israel to allow food aid trucks into the Gaza Strip. But top Israeli officials say Palestinian militants must first stop their cross-border rocket attacks.
For the second time this week, Israel today resisted a plea by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and urged the world to condemn Palestinian rocket attacks instead.
For the second time this week, Israel today resisted a plea by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and urged the world to condemn Palestinian rocket attacks instead.
Putin vows to protect Russia's economy
Russians fear a return to financial chaos. The current economic uncertainty is seen as a test of Putin's authority in Russia.
In a nationally televised show of unruffled resolve, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin vowed today to protect an increasingly anxious country from a return to economic chaos.
In a nationally televised show of unruffled resolve, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin vowed today to protect an increasingly anxious country from a return to economic chaos.
Coast Guard seizes bales of marijuana thrown overboard off Baja California
A spokesman says 137 bales were collected from the water after being dumped by a crew being pursued by the cutter Narwhal.
In one of the largest marijuana seizures in its history, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter scooped up more than 130 bales of marijuana thrown overboard by a speedboat off the coast of Baja California.
In one of the largest marijuana seizures in its history, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter scooped up more than 130 bales of marijuana thrown overboard by a speedboat off the coast of Baja California.
China tightening control in Tibet region, exiles say
Reports of stepped-up patrols and increased troop presence come amid a meeting of Tibetan exiles in India. The Dalai Lama's supporters seek a new approach toward Beijing.
China has further tightened control amid an expanded show of force in its ethnic Tibetan region in recent weeks, say exile groups, even as it was supposed to be negotiating in good faith with the Dalai Lama's envoys.
China has further tightened control amid an expanded show of force in its ethnic Tibetan region in recent weeks, say exile groups, even as it was supposed to be negotiating in good faith with the Dalai Lama's envoys.
Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader uses racial epithet against Barack Obama
In a video, Ayman Zawahiri says the president-elect is 'the direct opposite of honorable black Americans' and says Obama, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice are 'house Negroes.'
Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
Talking in secret in Zimbabwe, with a 'Mugabe man' who isn't really
A senior officer of the CIO, the nation's intelligence agency, discusses the waning loyalty to Zimbabwe's president.
The man is nervous. He's from the "President's Office," and that doesn't mean serving tea to Robert Mugabe. It's Zimbabwe's version of the KGB: the Central Intelligence Organization.
The man is nervous. He's from the "President's Office," and that doesn't mean serving tea to Robert Mugabe. It's Zimbabwe's version of the KGB: the Central Intelligence Organization.
IAEA's Syria report brings more speculation over radioactive traces
The investigation into the area bombed by Israel, near Dair Alzour, provides no conclusive answers but says the site appears to be similar to the layout of a nuclear reactor.
An investigation into a remote Syrian site bombed by Israel 14 months ago has provided no conclusive answers so far, but sparked speculation about the source of trace amounts of radioactive material found at the site.
An investigation into a remote Syrian site bombed by Israel 14 months ago has provided no conclusive answers so far, but sparked speculation about the source of trace amounts of radioactive material found at the site.
World grapples with pirate problem
Nations and shipping companies have different takes on how to battle piracy at sea.
The Saudis chose to negotiate. The Indian navy opened fire. The U.S. navy said shipping companies should do more to protect their vessels, and the ship owners said governments should guard the high seas.
The Saudis chose to negotiate. The Indian navy opened fire. The U.S. navy said shipping companies should do more to protect their vessels, and the ship owners said governments should guard the high seas.
U.S. strikes farther into Pakistan, kills 6 suspected militants
The missile attack is the first allied assault beyond the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. The Pakistani government denounces it as another 'great provocation.'
The U.S. military apparently struck at Islamic militants outside Pakistan's lawless tribal belt for the first time Wednesday, firing a missile that killed six suspected insurgents.
The U.S. military apparently struck at Islamic militants outside Pakistan's lawless tribal belt for the first time Wednesday, firing a missile that killed six suspected insurgents.
Iraqi session on U.S. pact ends in shouting match
Legislators' squabbling could hinder quick passage of security plan extending the American troop presence.
An attempt to open debate on a pact allowing U.S. troops to stay in Iraq through 2011 degenerated into a raucous yelling match in parliament here Wednesday, casting doubt on Iraqi and U.S. officials' hopes of easy passage.
An attempt to open debate on a pact allowing U.S. troops to stay in Iraq through 2011 degenerated into a raucous yelling match in parliament here Wednesday, casting doubt on Iraqi and U.S. officials' hopes of easy passage.
At the Dalai Lama's urging, hundreds of Tibetans converge to discuss their future
The aging spiritual leader called on Tibetans to consider what direction their relationship with China will take.
China may be more than a hundred miles away over a clear Himalayan horizon, but it is casting a huge shadow over this week's special meeting of exiled Tibetans, as is the mortality of the Dalai Lama and the future of the struggle to preserve their culture and religion.
China may be more than a hundred miles away over a clear Himalayan horizon, but it is casting a huge shadow over this week's special meeting of exiled Tibetans, as is the mortality of the Dalai Lama and the future of the struggle to preserve their culture and religion.
Indian warship destroys suspected pirate vessel
New Delhi says its forces opened fire after being attacked in Horn of Africa waters and that some bandits fled.
An Indian warship patrolling the treacherous waters off the Horn of Africa blew up a suspected pirate ship, allegedly after bandits threatened to destroy the naval ship and opened fire, officials said Wednesday.
An Indian warship patrolling the treacherous waters off the Horn of Africa blew up a suspected pirate ship, allegedly after bandits threatened to destroy the naval ship and opened fire, officials said Wednesday.
In China, the U.S. opens food inspection office
The FDA field office is the first of three to be opened in the nation and is meant to boost consumer confidence in products coming from China.
Amid recurring Chinese product safety scares, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday opened an inspection office in Beijing that officials said would help China export safer products to America and the world.
Amid recurring Chinese product safety scares, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday opened an inspection office in Beijing that officials said would help China export safer products to America and the world.
Envoy reports 'quantum leap' in Russia-Georgia talks
Feuding neighbors make progress on border, refugee issues.
Mediators succeeded Wednesday in getting direct talks going between Russia and Georgia, pressing the two neighbors to resolve security and refugee issues from their August war.
Mediators succeeded Wednesday in getting direct talks going between Russia and Georgia, pressing the two neighbors to resolve security and refugee issues from their August war.
Al Qaeda No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message
Al Qaeda 's No. 2 slurred Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message today intended to dent the president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims and claim he will not change U.S. policy.
In Zimbabwe, the hunters are now the hunted
As Robert Mugabe's grip on power has slipped, the thugs who carried out preelection terror in his name find themselves in the cross hairs of those they tormented.
The "green bomber" dropped into Club M5 the other day to get a bottle of Lion beer to go, but he wasn't fast enough. Right away he was surrounded by five members of the opposition, people he used to beat up, in a township bar where he used to be king.
The "green bomber" dropped into Club M5 the other day to get a bottle of Lion beer to go, but he wasn't fast enough. Right away he was surrounded by five members of the opposition, people he used to beat up, in a township bar where he used to be king.
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