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Letters: Ending a deadly drug war
Re "Cartels push drug violence to new depths," May 28 This article has only one line about drugs heading north to the U.S. Nearly all of the wealth generated by the drug trade comes from Americans, so in a real sense, we share responsibility for those...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Restraint of Trade, Corporate Crime, Mexico
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Peru police arrest mayor who led mine protests
World NowPeruvian police detain a mayor who supported protests against a mine in defiance of state of emergency... -
Colombian rebels release French journalist
World NowAfter more than a month of captivity, French journlaist Romeo Langlois was released Wednesday by leftist rebels who had described him as a prisoner of war.... -
Divisions persist in U.N. over how to halt Syria violence
World NowUnited Nations diplomats scrambled Wednesday to salvage some vestige of a peace plan that has failed to halt the fighting in Syria or protect civilians from the kind of savagery that took more than 100 lives last week in Houla, most of them women and... -
Pepper-spray stories revive sting of his tear-gassing
Last month, pepper spray was in the news again. On April 3, about 30 people protesting a proposed two-tier tuition system at Santa Monica College were pepper-sprayed, sending two people to the hospital. The incident came five months after a campus police...
Tags: Politics, YouTube, Wars and Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), University of California, Berkeley
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Pakistan contends doctor's conviction wasn't tied to Bin Laden raid
World NowA Pakistani doctor arrested after helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was convicted and sentenced on charges of militancy and not because of his links with the effort to pinpoint the whereabouts of the Al Qaeda leader, Pakistani authorities... -
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes
World NowFormer Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, 64, will likely spend the rest of his life in jail after a U.N.-backed court sentenced him to 50 years in jail for aiding and abetting war... -
In Syria, more violence, no breakthrough after Annan visit
World NowA day after special envoy Kofi Annan urged Syrian authorities to implement a U.N. peace plan, opposition activists reported fresh clashes and the United Nations monitoring team inside Syria found evidence of an apparent new massacre.... -
Pakistan now says convicted doctor worked with militants
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Until this week, Pakistani authorities had painted Shakeel Afridi as a traitor who colluded with the CIA. On Wednesday, they added a new twist: They now say he had allied himself with Islamist militants. Authorities say the...
Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Al-Qaeda, Islamabad (Pakistan), Politics, Pakistan
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U.N. monitors in Syria report new massacre
BEIRUT — United Nations monitors in Syria reported a new massacre Wednesday as diplomats at U.N. headquarters in New York scrambled to revive the faltering peace plan devised by special envoy Kofi Annan. The latest atrocity — the bodies of 13...
Tags: Politics, Bashar Assad, Syria, Justice System, National Government
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Poland seeks stronger apology after Obama's 'death camps' remark
WASHINGTON -- The Polish prime minister is demanding a “stronger, more pointed response” from President Obama after he referred to “Polish death camps” during a White House ceremony Tuesday. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said...
Tags: Politics, Judaism, Poland, Massacres, Religion and Belief
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Battleship Iowa gets a new mission in Hollywood
The battleship Iowa, which once transported President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a summit with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in Tehran, is embarking on a new mission that would include a recurring role in Hollywood.
The 887-foot-long World War II-era...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, James Cameron, U.S. Navy, CSI (tv program), Iraq War (2003-2011)
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