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Mexican authorities seize 105 tons of marijuana (AP)

October 19th, 2010

A police officer guards packages of seized marijuana during a presentation for the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. On a conjoined operation with the army, local and state police seized 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana Monday, by far the biggest drug bust in the country in recent years. Eleven suspects were detained. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana in the border city of Tijuana on Monday, by far the biggest pot bust in the country…

Mexican mayor slain in drug-plagued state (AP)

September 24th, 2010

Army soldiers walk by the body of a man lying in the street in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. Authorities say seven people were killed in a shootout between rival drug gangs. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)AP - Authorities say gunmen have killed the mayor of a northern Mexican town — adding to a string of attacks on political figures in the drug-plagued region.


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Officials say gunmen kill 17 at party in Mexico (AP)

July 18th, 2010

A Mexican Federal Policeman keeps watch during the presentation to the press of alleged drug traffickers in June 2010, in Mexico City. Gunmen armed with machine guns shot dead at least 17 people on Sunday as they mowed down party-goers in a pre-dawn attack outside the northern Mexican city of Torreon, officials said.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)AP - Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people, authorities said.


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Authorities target ‘barefoot bandit’ in Bahamas (AP)

July 7th, 2010

FILE - This July 2009 file self-portrait provided by the Island County Sheriff's Office shows Colton Harris-Moore, the so-called 'Barefoot Bandit'. Police were hunting across a tourist island Tuesday July 6, 2010 for signs of a pilot who vanished after wrecking a small plane in the Bahamas and investigators in the U.S. turned their suspicions toward an American teenager on the run dubbed 'the Barefoot Bandit.' The single-engine Cessna that crashed in shallow waters off Abaco island was apparently stolen from an airport in Bloomington, Indiana. By the time rescuers arrived on Sunday, nobody was inside. (AP Photo/Island County Sheriff's Office via The Herald) NO SALESAP - A teenage thief who police say has brazenly made his way across the U.S. has apparently graduated to international fugitive, crash-landing a stolen plane and disappearing into the small…

Swiss parliament approves US tax deal on 2nd try (AP)

June 16th, 2010

AP - The Swiss parliament on Tuesday approved a treaty with the United States that will hand thousands of files on suspected tax cheats to U.S. authorities, but obstacles remain…

Thai Authorities Try to Squelch Red Shirt Protesters (Time.com)

May 14th, 2010

Time.com - More violence is feared as authorities move to shut down the Red Shirt protest that has paralyzed the Thai capital

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Authorities rescue 2 stranded Mexican journalists (AP)

April 30th, 2010

Finish human rights activist Meri Marjaana Mononen speaks to the press in Oaxaca, Mexico, Thursday, April 29, 2010. Mononen was one of the human rights activists who survived after a caravan of European and Mexican activists carrying humanitarian aid was attacked by gunmen outside the town of San Juan Copala in the southern state of Oaxaca on Wednesday. A Mexican and a Finish activist were killed during the attack. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - Mexican authorities have rescued two journalists who were stranded for nearly three days among feuding militants after a caravan of rights activists was caught in a deadly ambush.


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Thai authorities, protesters clash; 1 soldier dies (AP)

April 28th, 2010

Thai police officers fire their rubber bullet rifles during clashes with anti-government protesters on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Thai security forces and anti-government protesters clashed Wednesday, with troops firing both over and then directly into a crowd of Red Shirts to keep them from expanding their demonstrations. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thai security forces fired into a crowd of anti-government protesters during a clash just outside Bangkok on Wednesday as they tried to keep the Red Shirts from expanding…

Thai authorities, protesters clash near capital (AP)

April 28th, 2010

An anti-government protester arranges tires to protect themselves from government soldiers on Wednesday April 28, 2010. The Thai protesters demanding the dissolution of Parliament planned to spread out into more parts of Bangkok on Wednesday, a day after forcing a shutdown of Bangkok's busy elevated train system and escalating weeks of anti-government demonstrations that have paralyzed much of the capital. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thai security forces and anti-government protesters clashed Wednesday on the outskirts of Bangkok, with troops firing both over and directly into a crowd of Red Shirts to keep…

Thai authorities fire at protesters near capital (AP)

April 28th, 2010

An anti-government protester arranges barbed wires to protect themselves from government soldiers on Wednesday April 28, 2010. The Thai protesters demanding the dissolution of Parliament planned to spread out into more parts of Bangkok on Wednesday, a day after forcing a shutdown of Bangkok's busy elevated train system and escalating weeks of anti-government demonstrations that have paralyzed much of the capital. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thai security forces and anti-government protesters clashed Wednesday on the outskirts of Bangkok, with troops firing both over and then directly into a crowd of Red Shirts to…

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