Honduras' top anti-drugs official shot and killed

Honduras' top anti-drugs official shot and killed


Honduras' top anti-drugs official shot and killed

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:19 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen on Tuesday shot and killed Honduras' top anti-drugs official who recently had warned the country was in danger of becoming a "narco-state," police said.


Science body confirms review

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:04 PM PST

The UK's Royal Institution has confirmed that it is reviewing the post of its director - currently held by Baroness Susan Greenfield.


U.S. Agrees to $3 Billion Deal in Indian Trust Suit

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:55 AM PST

The tentative agreement would resolve a 13-year-old lawsuit over accounts established in the 19th century.


Scene-stealer?

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 07:57 AM PST

Outsider blows Chile's election wide open


Gunmen kill Honduras drug chief

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:44 AM PST

The head of anti-drug operations in Honduras is shot dead by attackers who opened fire on his car in the capital, Tegucigalpa.


Draft text divides climate summit

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:06 AM PST

Documents leaked at the UN climate summit reveal divisions between nations over the shape of a possible new deal.


Cambodia sentences Thai spy

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:51 AM PST

Thai national working in Cambodia found guilty of spying on Thailand's former PM.


Live text - Tuesday football

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:45 AM PST

Chelsea and Man Utd play their last Champions League group games, Juventus face Bayern Munich for a last 16 place and there are Championship and FA Cup games.


Petrescu to discuss Scotland job

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:41 AM PST

Unirea Urziceni head coach Dan Petrescu is to hold talks on the vacant Scotland manager's job this week.


Cambodia sentences Thai spy

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:51 AM PST

Thai national working in Cambodia found guilty of spying on Thailand's former PM.


Google Unveils News-by-Topic Service

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:42 AM PST

The new service presents news online by topic and was developed in collaboration with The New York Times and The Washington Post.


Former SS member admits killings

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:39 AM PST

A former member of the Nazi SS admits in court that he killed three Dutch civilians in 1944, but says he was following orders.


Putin attacks officials over fire

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:12 AM PST

Russian PM attacks fire inspectors over safety rules at nightclub where 118 people died.


Iranian scientist 'held by US'

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:04 AM PST

Tehran accuses the US of abducting a nuclear scientist who has been missing since June.


Sarkozy weighs in on national identity debate

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:19 AM PST

PARIS -- Faced with swelling unease over the place of Muslim immigrants in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy called for tolerance among native French people Tuesday but warned that arriving Muslims must embrace Europe's historical values and avoid "ostentation or provocation" in the practice of t...


100th Afghanistan fatality named

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:18 PM PST

The UK soldier who became the 100th to die in Afghanistan in 2009 is named as 23-year-old L/Cpl Adam Drane.


UK spy chief denies Iraq war deceit

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:39 AM PST

John Scarlett says he was not pressured to spice up intelligence report before war.


McChrystal backs US troop surge

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:44 AM PST

The top US commander in Afghanistan says there are "no silver bullets" but that the US troop surge means success is achievable.


Ex-F.B.I. Director to Examine Ft. Hood

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:24 AM PST

Ex-F.B.I. director William Webster will conduct an independent review of the bureau's handling of the shooting suspect before the deadly rampage.


Greek stocks fall 6% on debt fear

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:16 AM PST

Continuing worries over Greece's high public debt levels cause Greek shares to fall 6% as the country's credit rating is cut.


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