Mexico seizes alleged drug lord

Mexico seizes alleged drug lord

Mexico seizes alleged drug lord

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:26 PM PST

Police arrest brother of cartel leader shot dead by troops.


French bakery offers hope to Afghan children (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:27 PM PST

A boy from Afghanistan's Hazara minority ethnic group learns to make French bread and pastries at the Le Pelican cafe in Kabul on December 29, 2009. In a city that has little trace of the sophistication of its past, Le Pelican Boulanger is more than just a welcome oasis for an expatriate community living and working as if under seige.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - On the wall of Le Pelican cafe in Kabul's dusty suburbs are photographs showing a baker's dozen of Afghan children beaming over a tray of pastries fresh out of the huge industrial oven behind them.

Explorers hail historic Antarctic plane find (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST

File photo shows emperor penguins on an ice field in the Australian Antarctic Territory. Australian explorers on Sunday credited record low tides and a blue moon for the AFP - Australian explorers on Sunday credited record low tides and a blue moon for the "one-in-a-million" discovery of one of the world's first aeroplanes buried in Antarctic ice.

UK to back US efforts in Yemen

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:50 PM PST

Move comes ahead of London meeting to deal with "rising extremism" in the country.


China sees long-term stability struggle in Xinjiang

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:52 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's restless far western region of Xinjiang will have to wage a long-term struggle to contain separatist forces and maintain stability there, the region's top leader was quoted as saying by state media.

Tennis star Murray believes his time has come (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:35 PM PST

Andy Murray reacts during a match against Fernando Verdasco of Spain in London. Murray believes he enters 2010 primed to make the quantum leap from contender to champion and finally end Britain's 74-year drought in Grand Slam singles tennis.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Scotland's Andy Murray believes he enters 2010 primed to make the quantum leap from contender to champion and finally end Britain's 74-year drought in Grand Slam singles tennis.

Malaysian government to appeal 'Allah' ruling: minister (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:55 PM PST

File photo shows a churchgoer praying at a cathedral in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia's minister in charge of Muslim affairs said the government would appeal a court ruling allowing a Catholic paper the right to use the word AFP - Malaysia's minister in charge of Muslim affairs said the government would appeal a court ruling allowing a Catholic paper the right to use the word "Allah".

Bolivian Indians see rocky exodus from serfdom (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:17 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2009 file photo shows Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, greeting supporters, while Wilson Changaray, member of the Guarani People's Association, shows a land title belonging to a communitary extension of land in Kuruyuki, Bolivia. Bolivia already has made giants steps toward ending a centuries-old legacy of mistreatment of its third-largest ethnic group by white overlords. But for now, several thousand Guarani, including Vasquez, live in a penniless limbo waiting for the government to make good on its promises to give land to Indians who have broken free of a life the U.N. has classified as 'forced labor and servitude.' (AP Photo/ Juan Karita, File)AP - Juan Vasquez didn't have much of a childhood. He never went to school, began to work as a ranch hand at age 12, married three years later and has nine children.

UK and US unite on 'Yemen threat'

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:51 PM PST

Britain and the US are to join forces to tackle the "evolving threat" from Islamist groups in Yemen and Somalia, Downing Street has announced.


Petition against Icesave pay-out

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:53 PM PST

Almost a quarter of voters in Iceland have signed a petition against plans to repay money lost by foreigners when an Icelandic online bank collapsed.


Brazil mudslide death toll rises

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:54 PM PST

The number of people killed in a landslide that hit a Brazilian island resort on New Year's Day has risen to at least 26.


Snow paralyses Beijing as north China braces for cold (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:35 PM PST

A man clears snow from a parking lot in Beijing on January 2 after the new year's first snowfall. A freezing cold front swept over much of northern China Sunday with snowstorms snarling traffic and air travel, while some of the coldest temperatures in decades were forecast for coming days.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A freezing cold front swept over much of northern China Sunday with snowstorms snarling traffic and air travel, while some of the coldest temperatures in decades were forecast for coming days.

Race link 'presumptuous' in Indian killing: police (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:13 PM PST

File photo shows a tram in central Melbourne. Australian police on Sunday played down suggestions the fatal stabbing of an Indian student in the southern city of Melbourne was racially motivated.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - Australian police on Sunday played down suggestions the fatal stabbing of an Indian student in the southern city of Melbourne was racially motivated.

Coordinating Care

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

When doctors talk to doctors, everyone benefits.


Coordinating Care

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

When doctors talk to doctors, everyone benefits.


UK and US unite on 'Yemen threat'

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:51 PM PST

Britain and the US are to join forces to tackle the "evolving threat" from Islamist groups in Yemen and Somalia, Downing Street has announced.


Petition against Icesave pay-out

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:53 PM PST

Almost a quarter of voters in Iceland have signed a petition against plans to repay money lost by foreigners when an Icelandic online bank collapsed.


Brazil mudslide death toll rises

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:54 PM PST

The number of people killed in a landslide that hit a Brazilian island resort on New Year's Day has risen to at least 26.


Mexico detains brother of slain drug boss

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:30 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican forces have detained the brother of a powerful drug boss killed two weeks ago in a movie-like raid that landed a key victory for President Felipe Calderon's drug war, the security ministry said on Saturday.

Colombian volcano erupts, evacuation ordered

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:34 PM PST

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The Galeras volcano in southern Colombia erupted on Saturday, shooting rock and ash and prompting authorities to order the evacuation of about 8,000 people.
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