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Egypt activists call new protests over slow pace of reform
CAIRO — Activists who were at the forefront of the uprising that toppled veteran Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in February are calling for new protests on Friday to press the country’s military rulers to keep their promises of reform. The Coalition of Revolutionary Youth urged Egyptians to take to the…
As cartels rapidly expand in U.S. cities, authorities confront futility of drug arrests
America’s war on drugs is virtually lost on all fronts: illicit drug use is increasing, drug cartels are growing stronger and enforcement is becoming less effective — and the government is well aware of all this, according to documents released this week. In three separate releases this week — a…
Mexico detains 80 in crackdown on drug gang communications
Mexican troops detained 80 suspected members of the Zetas drug gang, including six police, in eastern Veracruz and broke up their network of encrypted communications, the military said Thursday. The raid meant that the Zetas had lost their lines of communication and control over the organization, said Jose Luis Vergara,…
China hits back at Romney trade jibes
China slammed US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney Thursday after he said he would end his country’s “trade surrender” to Beijing, accusing him and other would-be candidates of “scapegoating China”. An English-language commentary by the state Xinhua news agency called his remarks “old-fashioned and ill-advised”, warning: “China is no cause of…
U.S. soldier killed BBC reporter in Afghanistan: coalition
KABUL — The NATO-led foreign military force in Afghanistan admitted Thursday that a US soldier shot dead an Afghan journalist working for the BBC in July after mistaking him for a suicide bomber. Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, 25, was killed in a case of “mistaken identity” shortly after a suicide bombing…
Fashion’s Galliano convicted by court of anti-Semitism
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court convicted former Christian Dior designer John Galliano on Thursday for making anti-Semitic insults in a bar but gave him only a suspended sentence, taking into account his apology to the victims. Galliano, who didn’t attend the announcement of the verdict, was given no prison…
Hockey world stunned after Russian air disaster
The hockey world was left stunned Thursday after a plane carrying a major Russian ice hockey team to their season-opening match crashed shortly after take-off, killing at least 43 people. The Yak-42 was flying members of three-time Russian champions Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to a game in the Belarussian capital Minsk on…
Iraqi civilian died after ‘gratuitous violence’ by UK troops
A civilian who died in British custody in 2003 in Iraq suffered “an appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence” at the hands of British soldiers, an independent inquiry found on Thursday. The treatment of 26-year-old hotel receptionist Baha Mousa represented a “very serious breach of discipline” by members of the…
Gaddafi loyalist gunmen dig in as town suffers
WISHTATA, Libya, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Haunted by gun-toting loyalists and festooned with faded portraits of Muammar Gaddafi, the besieged Libyan town of Bani Walid remains stubbornly in the hands of die-hard gunmen raring to fight for their deposed leader. Anti-Gaddafi fighters at the gates of Bani Walid, one of…
India detains 3 suspects in Delhi blast
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian police detained three people for questioning on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe, over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for a bombing that killed 12 people in New Delhi, senior police sources in Kashmir told Reuters. The owner, his brother and an employee…
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