Month: December 2010

A relentless campaign by a grieving mother has forced the Mexican Government to admit that its troops shot an innocent United States citizen at a military checkpoint outside Acapulco, and then put an assault rifle […] […]

MIAMI – A 37-year-old man is facing a federal charge after bullet primers ignited in his bag as it was being unloaded at Miami International Airport from a flight that had just arrived. FBI spokesman […] […]

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — A small group of Afghan army soldiers shot at a Canadian convoy after a recent road accident outside Kandahar city, the military said Tuesday. The Afghan troops were manning a checkpoint near […] […]

HAVANA—Cuba’s Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence against a Cuban-American who was the last person remaining on death row in the island nation, according to a veteran human rights activist. Elizardo Sanchez, the […] […]

BAGHDAD—The Baghdad military spokesman says security officials are investigating the possibility of removing some of the hundreds of checkpoints across the city, in a sign of the improving security situation. Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi said […] […]

LONDON—More than 30 leading international scientists Tuesday warned the British government that planned closure of its high-profile forensics science center would hurt Britain’s crime-fighting capacity. The scientists also said Britain could lose its status as […] […]

The US embassy in London and lord mayor Boris Johnson were among a high-profile list of potential targets of a suspected terror cell in Britain. The stock exchange, Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster […] […]

THE Pentagon’s multi-billion-dollar operation to supply food and military equipment to US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is run in chaos and corruption. American officials are taking millions of dollars in bribes and a local […] […]

AN Israeli passenger train has caught fire, injuring almost 50 people, in an apparent accident north of Tel Aviv, emergency services said. The train carrying 400 passengers was brought to a halt after the blaze […] […]

FALMOUTH, JAMAICA—Jamaican police have charged an Ontario man with attempted murder after his wife was found in their car with her throat slashed near the resort area of Montego Bay. A police officer in the […] […]