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Breaking News Wed, 18 Jan 2012
Forensics workers survey the scene of a plane crash in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino, one of Mexico's top pointmen in the war against drug trafficking, died when a government jet crashed Tuesday night into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and dealing crusading President Felipe Calderon a serious blow
Drug   Mexico   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Mexican Drug War
 The Examiner 
Mexican gov’t: 47,000 murdered in drug war in last five years
Wed 18 Jan 2012
The Mexican army announced this weekend that it had uncovered what they refer to as a “torture house” in Nogales, Sonora, just miles from the Arizona border. While raiding the house on... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull)
Detainees attend a class provided by Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo.
Guantanamo   Photos   Prison   US   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp
 Jakarta Globe 
Guantanamo: Repository of US Confusion We Can Do Without
Wed 18 Jan 2012
Ten years after its opening, mention Guantanamo, and a thousand images emerge. Men in orange jumpsuits wearing goggles, hoods and handcuffs, hunched over in the relentless Caribbean sun; zoo-like... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas/Released)
A woman and her child stand outside their new tent at a camp in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. Displaced Haitian families have resettled at the camp site follwing a devastating earthquake, 5 April, 2010.  The Guardian  Tue 17 Jan 2012
Haiti, Somalia and global jobs
Where the aid has gone in Haiti, why the international community dragged its feet on Somalia famine, and a request for questions on the global jobs crisis If you are viewing this on the web and would... (photo: UN / Sophia Paris)
Development   Haiti   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: 2010 Haiti earthquake
Aerial Photograph Of Palm Beach Proper. The Town of Palm Beach (called Palm Beach Island or the Island of Palm Beach to differentiate between the town and the county) is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.  Palm Beach Post  Tue 17 Jan 2012
Palm Beach County tourism office woos Brazilians who like to shop
Palm Beach County tourism leaders are looking forward this year to capturing more business from visitors who love to shop, and Brazilian tourists figure heavily into that strategy. The Latin American... (photo: Creative Commons / Michael Kagdis)
Business   Florida   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Palm Beach County, Florida
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Spain's Judge Baltasar Garzon gestures during a news conference with foreign journalist at international press center in Madrid, Wednesday May 11, 2011. The Guardian Tue 17 Jan 2012
Spain's top judge goes on trial
Baltasar Garzón, who ordered the arrest of General Pinochet, is to face three trials, but supporters claim he is being persecuted Baltasar Garzón is accused of approving... (photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez)
Conspiracy   Justice   Photos   Spain   Wikipedia: Baltasar Garzón
Two reticulate whiprays and other fish being fed on a beach near Darwin, Australia. During the day, the reticulate whipray is generally inactive and spends much time resting motionless on the sea floor, sometimes buried in sand. Richmond Times Dispatch Tue 17 Jan 2012
National and world briefs for Jan. 17
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his... (photo: Creative Commons / Robert Nyman)
Darwin   Fossils   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: Darwinism
Oranges - Vitamin - Fruit Chicago Tribune Mon 16 Jan 2012
Tropicana goes back to using only Florida oranges
PepsiCo Inc. is returning to using only oranges from Florida in its Tropicana Pure Premium orange juices, a decision made several months ago, before low levels of... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Brazil   Business   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Orange (fruit)
Kuruvchi's Brazilian player Rivaldo, left, and Saipa's Omid Sharifinasab fight for the ball during an AFC Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Kuruvchi, Uzbekistan, and Saipa, Iran, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. Kuruvchi won with the score 5-1. Wall Street Journal Sun 15 Jan 2012
Why Is This Soccer Star Moving to Angola?
By GABRIELE MARCOTTI It's not a mystery why Rivaldo, FIFA's 1999 World Player of the Year, is still playing soccer a few months shy of his 40th birthday. As long as you... (photo: AP)
Angola   Photos   Soccer   Sportstar   Wikipedia: Rivaldo
Haitian President Rene Preval pauses during a joint news conference with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at the State Department in Washington The Miami Herald Sun 15 Jan 2012
To help Haiti, let more Haitians into the United States
The second anniversary last week of the devastating Haiti earthquake, which killed around 150,000 people and destroyed much of Port-au-Prince, brought reports of mixed... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Anniversary   Earthquake   Haiti   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Haiti earthquake
Guatemala's presidential candidate of the Patriotic Party Otto Perez Molina, shows his ink-stained thumb after casting his vote at a polling during the country's presidential elections in Guatemala City, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. BBC News Sun 15 Jan 2012
New Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina takes office
The new president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, has been sworn into office after his election victory in November. Mr Perez Molina - a former army general - has... (photo: AP / Moises Castillo)
Politics   Election   Guatemala   Photos   Wikipedia: Guatemalan general election, 2011


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