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09/02/2010 06:44 PM
Calderon touts successes in Mexico's war on drug cartels
Mexican authorities have had significant successes against drug traffickers, President Felipe Calderon said in his fourth annual state-of-the-nation speech Thursday, noting that three major kingpins have been captured or killed in the past year.

09/02/2010 04:49 PM
Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheik
He has influenced convicted terrorists such as Richard Reid, the so-called shoe-bomber. His sermons were found in the apartment of suicide bombers who struck London, England, in 2005. Even one of the 9/11 plotters is said to have been a follower of Sheik Abdullah El-Faisal.

09/02/2010 02:48 PM
Cuban offshore oil plans gain momentum
While the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has sparked debate in America on the merits of deepwater drilling, 90 miles away Cuba's offshore plans are quietly taking shape.

09/02/2010 01:17 PM
New video shows trapped Chilean miners in good spirits
A new video by trapped miners in Chile shows them in good spirits, with shaved faces, wearing new clothes and sleeping on camp beds.

09/02/2010 12:23 PM
Police: Human smugglers kidnap 16 migrants in Mexico
At least 16 migrants, including a woman, were being held for ransom by human smugglers in Tijuana, Mexico, according to a migrant who was freed, authorities said late Wednesday.

09/02/2010 12:53 AM
Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheik
He has influenced convicted terrorists such as Richard Reid, the so-called shoe-bomber. His sermons were found in the apartment of suicide bombers who struck London, England, in 2005. Even one of the 9/11 plotters is said to have been a follower of Sheik Abdullah El-Faisal.

09/01/2010 08:04 PM
There was second survivor from Mexico massacre, officials say
A second person survived a massacre in which 72 migrants from Central and South America were killed last week in northern Mexico, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Mexican officials said.

09/01/2010 04:57 PM
Cuban migrants held for ransom in Mexico rescued, government says
Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation's Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday.

09/01/2010 04:39 PM
Brazil dam project prompts animated response from director Cameron
Movie director, James Cameron has teamed up with environmental campaigners in an effort to help Brazilian tribes' epic fight against the construction of a controversial dam in northern Brazil.

09/01/2010 02:22 PM
Drilling to reach Chile miners yet to begin
Chilean officials were awaiting the arrival of a main drill and other equipment to begin boring a rescue shaft in a months-long operation to reach 33 miners who have been trapped underground for more than three weeks.

 

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