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Mexico gang members charged in US consulate deaths
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US authorities charged 35 Mexican gang members with murder, drug smuggling and other crimes Wednesday, including 10 accused in a deadly 2010 shooting at the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez. An indictment unsealed in federal court in El Paso, Texas, detailed the charges against the so-called “Familia…
US to put military radar on Canada border: Senators
WASHINGTON — The US government will place military-grade radar along the border with Canada to thwart low-flying aircraft used to smuggle illegal drugs onto US soil, senators who sought the deployment said Wednesday. The lawmakers, all Democrats from states that border Canada, had asked for the beefed-up surveillance in a…
China congress chief rules out multi-party system
BEIJING — China’s parliament chief Thursday ruled out any shift to multi-party democracy in a speech that appeared to pour cold water on political reform hopes sparked by remarks from Premier Wen Jiabao last year. Wu Bangguo, who is officially number two in the country’s leadership behind President Hu Jintao,…
Union-busting bill set to pass Wisconsin Assembly
CHICAGO — A bill to bust Wisconsin’s public workers unions that sparked mass protests and led Democratic lawmakers to flee the US state was set for approval on Thursday after a Republican legislative maneuver. Republican state senators appeared to end the weeks-long standoff by stripping all references to the budget…
US film on Gulf oil spill in pipeline
LOS ANGELES — A US film company is to make a movie about last year’s oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, based on a New York Times article about events leading up to the explosion. Summit Entertainment and Participant Media, along with Imagenation Abu Dhabi, have bought the…
Family planning saves lives: Melinda Gates
WASHINGTON — Melinda Gates on Wednesday urged US lawmakers not to cut funding for family planning programs in developing countries, saying access to contraception can “save a huge number of lives.” “There is a lot of controversy in this country about reproductive health because of the issue of abortion, and…
Three BBC journalists ‘detained and beaten’ in Libya
LONDON (AFP) – Three BBC journalists were “detained and beaten” before being subjected to a mock execution while reporting in battle-torn Libya, the news organisation reported Wednesday. “They hit me with a stick, they used their army boots on me, and their knees,” Feras Killani, one of the released BBC…
Dalai Lama to resign political role
DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) – The Dalai Lama announced Thursday his plan to retire as political head of the exiled Tibetan movement, saying the time had come for his replacement by a “freely elected” leader. The Dalai Lama, whose more significant role is as the movement’s spiritual leader, said he would…
Pentagon accounting problems ‘serious’: Treasury
WASHINGTON — The US administration is taking a hard look at problems in the Defense Department’s accounting, after a report called its books unauditable, the Treasury said Wednesday. Treasury assistant secretary Richard Gregg told a Congressional panel there were “serious financial reporting issues” at the Pentagon, which in the current…
Pace of polar ice melt ‘accelerating rapidly’: study
WASHINGTON — The pace at which the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting is “accelerating rapidly” and raising the global sea level, according to findings of a study financed by NASA and published Tuesday. The findings suggest that the ice sheets — more so than ice loss from Earth’s…
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