« Previous Entries

Northern

Bomb found in Northern Ireland; security alert at airport (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - Police in Northern Ireland detonated a bomb on Saturday planted by suspected nationalist militants in Lurgan, south of Belfast, the latest in a series of attempts to destabilize…

Gunbattle in northern Mexico kills 3 bystanders (AP)

October 25th, 2010

Mexican federal police officers stand outside a home after the exterior gate was covered with a plastic tarp in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Friday Oct. 22, 2010. At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on this house during a party in Ciudad Juarez, the second such massacre in less than a week in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Three bystanders died in the crossfire of a shootout between gunmen, police and soldiers in northern Mexico on Sunday.


Tags: gunbattle, kills, Mexico, bystanders, Northern

Rioters burn police station in northern Nigeria (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Nigeria's Osayemi Oludamola, pictured here after winning the women's 100m at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 7, 2010, has tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine. Methylhexanamine is a stimulant that was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned drugs in 2009.(AFP/File/William West)AP - Rioters set a police station ablaze in northern Nigeria near where a radical Islamic sect operates, a police spokesman said Tuesday. The attack was similar to one that…

In Northern Iraq, a Population Census Raises Tensions (Time.com)

October 4th, 2010

Time.com - Everyone from the Kurds to the Arabs to the Turkmen wants a big share of Kirkuk, the ancient but oil-soaked Iraqi city. But a census may give the…

Explosion at plaza injures 15 in northern Mexico (AP)

October 3rd, 2010

A police officer inspect the area where a grenade was detonated by unidentified people, leaving at least 12 people injured, in front of the town hall in the municipality of Guadalupe, outskirts of Monterrey, northern Mexico, late Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - An explosion at a plaza in northeastern Mexico injured 15 people, an attack authorities blamed Sunday on drug cartels targeting the civilian population to cause chaos.


Tags: drug cartels,…

Mexican mayor slain in drug-plagued northern state (AP)

September 24th, 2010

Soldiers guard the crime scene where Prisciliano Rodriguez, mayor of the Doctor Gonzalez municipality, was shot dead by gunmen at his ranch 50 kilometers, some 31 miles, east of Monterrey, northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. Rodriguez is the fourth mayor in northern Mexico to be murdered in little more than a month. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Gunmen killed a town mayor near the drug-plagued industrial city of Monterrey, authorities said Friday, the fourth mayor in northern Mexico to be murdered in little more than…

Attacks raise concerns in Northern Ireland (AP)

August 26th, 2010

This photo of Monday Aug. 23, 2010 shows Martin Larkham, a youth work manager from Lurgan, Northern Ireland displaying a piece of art work that was completed by teenagers from across the religious divide. Bursts of laughter. Young men playing ping pong. Battles of the bands. In a Northern Ireland determined to put conflict behind it, the Links teen center bridges the divide between Catholic and Protestant teens in this struggling town, giving them something to do, an alternative to streets that offer a toxic mix of drugs and violence. It's working, but like the peace process itself, it is under strain amid looming budget cuts. 'We're just keeping our heads above water,' said Martin Larkham, 52, a youth work manager. 'Everybody is.' (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Bursts of laughter. Young men playing ping pong. Battles of the bands.


Tags: Attacks, Northern, ping pong, Ireland, raise, concerns

Militants kill 8 policeman in northern Afghanistan (AP)

August 26th, 2010

Afghan policemen stand near the skeletal remains of a burnt truck in Badghis province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Afghan police and Spanish troops clashed early Wednesday outside a base in western Afghanistan, leaving at least one policeman dead, local officials said. Following the officer's shooting, hundreds of area residents gathered at the gate to the Spanish camp, chanting and throwing stones before moving on to the provincial government offices, the officials said. (AP Photo)AP - Insurgents killed eight Afghan policemen in a raid Thursday on a checkpoint outside the northern city of Kunduz, the provincial police chief said.


Tags: militants, kill, Afghanistan, Northern, northern…

Marines find 72 bodies in northern Mexico (AP)

August 25th, 2010

Federal policemen and explosive experts work at the site of a car bomb attack in Ciudad Juarez July 16, 2010. A Mexican drug cartel was responsible for a cell phone-detonated car bomb that killed four people in a city on the U.S. border, state security forces said. REUTERS/Alejandro BringasAP - Mexican marines found the dumped bodies of 72 people at a rural location in northern Mexico following a shootout with suspected drug cartel gunmen that left one marine…

Police arrested in northern Mexico mayor’s killing (AP)

August 20th, 2010

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, right, speaks during the anti-crime round-table 'Dialog for Security', beside Mexico's Interior Minister Francisco Blake, center, and Mexico's Senate's President Carlos Navarrete in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Six city police officers were arrested Friday in the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico, as the country’s escalating drug violence targets more public officials.


Tags: city police…

PAGE 1 of 41234