Calderon apologises to drug war victims

Calderon apologises to drug war victims


Calderon apologises to drug war victims

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:28 PM PDT

Mexican president says sorry to families who have lost relatives, but refuses to apologise for using army in crackdown.


Peru set to surpass Colombia as world's top coca producer (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:11 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In its darkest years, Colombia held some unfortunate titles: the kidnapping capital of the world, home to the most murderous city, the most deadly place to be a union member and, of course, the main world producer of coca, the raw material used in making cocaine.


Afghanistan war: The limits of targeting Taliban leaders (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In his Afghanistan drawdown speech last night, President Obama said the US would start withdrawing troops from a position of strength, with Al Qaeda under “enormous strain.â€


US proposes UN force for Sudan's Abyei

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:58 PM PDT

US introduces UN resolution that would deploy a 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force to disputed Abyei region.


World's Rich Richer Than Ever; Wealth Growth Beats GDP Avgs

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:30 PM PDT

The world economy expanded under 4% in 2010, but that didn't stop the world's millionaires from seei


Asian shares rise on hopes for Greece support (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:59 PM PDT

Gregory Rowe works at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, June 23, 2011 in New York. An unexpected jump in claims for unemployment benefits and plummeting oil prices drove stocks lower early Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Asian stock markets climbed Friday after the European Union offered billions of euros in funds to help recession-mired Greece avoid a massive debt default.



Strong quake rocks Alaska

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:21 PM PDT

Major earthquake with magnitude of 7.2 has struck off the coast of US state, near the remote Aleutian Islands.


Apple, Mercedes-Benz and Starwood Say China's #1

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Apple, Mercedes-Benz and Starwood see China as their number 1 markets.


Lawyer: Top court acquits Playboy Indonesia editor (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this April, 6, 2006 file photo, then editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia Erwin Arnada shows copies of the first edition of the magazine in Jakarta, Indonesia. A lawyer for the former editor of Playboy Indonesia said Arnada is expected to be released from Jakarta's Cipinang prison on Friday, June 24, 2011.  Arnada is serving a two-year prison sentence for publishing pictures of scantily clothed women. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File)AP - Playboy Indonesia's former editor, serving a two-year prison sentence for publishing pictures of scantily clad women, has been acquitted by the Supreme Court, his lawyer said Friday.



Credit Card Flyers

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:40 PM PDT

Consider Tom Stuker, who is the real life person that George Clooney's character in the movie Up in


'Cars 2??? Ka-Ching!

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT

The Pixar film is expected to top the box office this weekend with $80 million.


Emerging Asia Now Has More Rich People Than Europe

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT

The global economic slowdown not enough to stop the rich from getting richer. Only nowadays, they ar


VIDEO: Senegal riots force Wade U-turn

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:16 PM PDT

At least 100 people are reported to have been injured in violent clashes in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, over proposed changes to the country's constitution.


Phone gives clues to bin Laden's Pakistan links: report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:51 PM PDT

Resident boy Adeel, 8, plays with a tennis ball in front of the compound where U.S. Navy SEAL commandos reportedly killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 5, 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - A cell phone found in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group with ties to Pakistan's intelligence agency, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing senior U.S. officials briefed on the findings.



US lawmakers to vote on curbing Libya operations (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:33 PM PDT

A car drives past bullet-riddled buildings in Tripoli street in rebel-held Misrata. The US House of Representatives seemed on track to approve a resolution Friday aimed at limiting the US role in strikes on Libya, amid deep anger at President Barack Obama's handling of the conflict.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - The US House of Representatives seemed on track to approve a resolution Friday aimed at limiting the US role in strikes on Libya, amid deep anger at President Barack Obama's handling of the conflict.



China's Communist Party members exceed 80 million (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:08 PM PDT

AP - China's Communist Party, the world's largest political party, said Friday that it has grown even bigger, with the number of members passing 80 million people last year.


VIDEO: Senegal riots force Wade U-turn

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:16 PM PDT

At least 100 people are reported to have been injured in violent clashes in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, over proposed changes to the country's constitution.


Phone gives clues to bin Laden's Pakistan links: report

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:51 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cell phone found in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group with ties to Pakistan's intelligence agency, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing senior U.S. officials briefed on the findings.


U.S.: Gadhafi May Flee Tripoli

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:24 PM PDT

New U.S. intelligence shows Col. Moammar Gadhafi is "seriously considering" fleeing Tripoli for a more secure location outside the capital.


Petraeus Named in Bin Laden Documents

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:46 PM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus, the president's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, was the only person Osama bin Laden targeted by name in materials seized in the raid that killed the al Qaeda leader last month.


Gbagbo, Ouattara forces engaged in war crimes: ICC

Gbagbo, Ouattara forces engaged in war crimes: ICC


Gbagbo, Ouattara forces engaged in war crimes: ICC

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:16 PM PDT

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The world's top war crimes prosecutor said forces loyal to ousted Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo as well as those backing his rival, Alassane Ouattara, committed war crimes in the post-election violence.


Letter from China: The Spirit of May 35th

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Chinese netizens find artful ways to circumvent censorship.


Globalist: The Die-Hards of Darnah

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

A Libyan city best known for producing suicide bombers finds new hope in the Arab Spring.


Social Media: Generation FB

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Worried about what kind of citizens today's Facebooking teens will turn out to be? Maybe you don't need to.


Industry: The Sum of All Its Parts

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:09 PM PDT

A new car may come with a national image, but stereotypes can fool you.


France Endorses Obama’s Afghan Plan

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:48 PM PDT

French authorities also said that the country would begin its own phased troop pullback, contributing to a growing sense of the tide turning in the Western military commitment to Afghanistan.


In South Boston, Mixed Memories of Whitey Bulger

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT

In South Boston, Whitey Bulger — either a modern-day Robin Hood or a ruthless killer, depending on whom you ask — seemed to be everywhere on Thursday morning.


DNA traps 1987 OAP sex attacker

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:52 PM PDT

A man who sexually assaulted an 84-year-old widow in a "terrifying" attack in her home is finally caught by DNA evidence 24 years later.


Debut literary winner is revealed

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Author Anjali Joseph is named the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for her debut novel Saraswati Park.


VIDEO: Vukovar still scarred by Croatian war

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:56 PM PDT

The city of Vukovar still bears the scars of the conflict during the Croatian war of independence.


Budget Talks Near Collapse as G.O.P. Leader Quits

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, abandoned the negotiations Thursday, and Republicans said they would not give in to a push by Democrats for new revenue.


Turkey's Kurds threaten to boycott parliament

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:40 PM PDT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Kurdish party on Thursday threatened to boycott parliament, which might force by-elections that could enable the newly re-elected government to reach the majority it covets to pass a new constitution.


US imposes sanctions on Iran Air

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT

The US imposes economic sanctions on Iran's national airline, saying Iran Air supported the Iranian military and the Revolutionary Guard.


Running on empty

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:07 AM PDT

Saab teeters on the brink as cash runs out to pay staff


Talk is cheap

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Cambodia's mobile phone networks go all-out for customers


Talk is cheap

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Cambodia's mobile phone market go all-out for customers


Angry Greeks say new taxes to hurt middle class, again

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:05 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks seething after two years of belt-tightening reacted in anger Thursday against a new round of tax rises and spending cuts worth some 3.8 billion euros which they said would again hit honest taxpayers hardest.


Cameron warns over Greek funding

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

David Cameron tells European Union leaders that the UK will oppose using EU-wide money to bail out Greece.


Anticlotting Drug Shows Promise, Drug Makers Say

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:30 PM PDT

The proposed medication, from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer, prevents more strokes with less bleeding risk than existing treatment. It needs F.D.A. approval.


Chinese Gadfly Emerges From Jail With Uncharacteristic Silence

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The artist Ai Weiwei, released after being held without charge for 80 days, thanked reporters for their concern and then did something almost unimaginable — he refused to say anything more.