Drug Bust

 WN Network
Breaking News Mon, 25 Feb 2013
Afghan police men and U.S. soldiers are seen outside the hospital, where the body of Ahmed Wali Karzai, half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was taken in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 12, 2011.
Afghanistan   Corruption   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Afghan National Security Forces   		 BBC News 
Afghan police accused of corruption and child abuse
Continue reading the main story Related Stories | Metres from Afghan bomb blast Watch Pain and reflection for Sangin troops Afghans on UK handover to US in Sangin | BBC Panorama reporter Ben Anderson ... (photo: AP / Allauddin Khan)

Afghanistan   Drugs   Occupation   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan   		 CounterPunch 
Drugs, War and Occupation
The United States invaded Afghanistan over eleven years ago. Men and women who were seven and eight years old are now enlisting in the military. Some of them will end up walking the streets and trails... (photo: US Army / Shane Hamann)
Race horses numbers 7 and 8 are being riden by their riders before the race at San Lazaro Horse Race Track, Philippines as seen in this May 6, 2009 photo.  Business Day 
Horses for more than race courses, and so what?
"HORSES for courses" doesn’t refer only to race tracks anymore. I’m referring, of course, to hors d’oeuvres and main courses … but probably not desert, just yet. For a play on words, though, I... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Animal   Europe   Meat   Photos   Wikipedia: Horse  
In this Jan. 25, 2013 photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilots navigate a P3 Orion Airborne Early Warning Aircraft while flying over waters near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The Central American country abolished its army in 1948 and plowed money into education, social benefits and environmental preservation. As a result, Costa Rican officials say, the country cant battle ruthless and well-equipped Mexican drug cartels without U.S. help. The U.S. is patrolling Costa Ricas skies and waters and providing millions of dollars in training and equipment to Costa Rican officials who have launched a tough line on crime backed by top-to-bottom transformation of the law-enforcement and justice systems.  The Guardian 
Costa Rica toughens stance in US-backed drug fight
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | Associated Press= LIBERIA, Costa Rica (AP) — On a recent Friday morning at a gleaming new international airport in Costa Rica, hundreds of tourists from New York and Minnesota... (photo: AP / Michael Weissenstein)
Crime   Drug   Latin America   Photos   Wikipedia: Liberia, Costa Rica  
Top Stories
A Malian soldier motions others to move as they secure the port in Gao, northern Mali, Tuesday Feb. 12 2013. Soldiers patrol the downtown area in an effort to secure it from Mujao infiltrators, two days after Mujao fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces. The attack in Gao shows the Islamic fighters, many of them well armed and with combat experience, are determined and daring and it foreshadows a protracted campaign by France and other nations to restore government control in this vast Saharan nation in northwest Africa. CounterPunch
France Re-conquers Mali
It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago the U.S. press was filled with the crudest sort of France-bashing. This was in response to President Jacques Chirac’s oppo... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Africa   France   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mali  
In this June 10, 1993 file photo, Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias "El Chapo Guzman" is shown to the press after his arrest at the high security prison of Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City. CNN
Chicago's new Public Enemy No. 1: 'El Chapo'
February 14, 2013 -- Updated 2041 GMT (0441 HKT) | Drug boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera is seen at a Mexican maximum security prison before he escaped in 2001. | (CN... (photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes)
Chicago   El Chapo   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Joaquín Guzmán Loera  
Police wait for forensic workers after two people were slain inside a primary school, prior to the arrival of students, in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Mayo 30, 2012. Several messages from a drug gang were left next to the bodies. The Guardian
Mexico unveils details of new security strategy
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN= MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's new administration offered the first details on Tuesday of a long-touted shift in the country's war on drugs, saying t... (photo: AP / Bernandino Hernandez)
Crimes   Mexico   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Mexico City  
Gen. Joseph Dunford takes command in Afghanistan Foreign Policy
Gen. Joseph Dunford takes command in Afghanistan
| Last in a long line | Gen, Joseph Dunford took command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Sunday, replacing Gen. John Allen and becoming the 15th general to lead... (photo: US DoD / D. Myles Cullen)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: NATO  
Medical Marijuana The Examiner
Marijuana benefit debate heats up – along with proof of drop in users’ IQs
| Marijuana advocates are facing a new challenge ahead: The U.S. Appeals Court this week refused to order a change in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s drug classif... (photo: Creative Commons / scpr.kpcc)
Drugs   Health   Lawmaker   Photos   Wikipedia: Legality of cannabis  
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili gives his state-of-the nation address in his residence in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Saakashvili has changed the location for his last state-of-the nation address after hundreds of protesters gathered outside the National Library where he had planned to speak. Stuff
Protests force Georgia president to move speech
| Hundreds of protesters who accuse Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili of flouting human rights and stifling dissent forced him to change the venue of his annual addr... (photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov)
Human Rights   Photos   Politics   Protest   Wikipedia: Mikheil Saakashvili  
Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans, right, is honored by Jazz president Greg Miller, left, and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, center before the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Salt Lake City. Evans won the NBA All-Star dunk contest. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart) The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Defending champ Evans headlines Slam Dunk contest
Skeletal remains found in San Luis Obispo creek identified | SLO council rejects allegations that CAPSLO stole from homeless | Tobacco now banned at public housing in SLO... (photo: AP / Jim Urquhart)
Basketball   NBA   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Jeremy Evans  
Defence News
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, right, speak during their meeting, in Moscow on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Syria says ready to talk with armed opposition The Star
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks at the top of a meeting as he thanks Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta for the support the U.S. has provided his country as he is welcomed to the Pentagon Jan. 10, 2013. Karzai, citing abuse, orders U.S. units out of province Tulsa World
U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers search for weapons caches near Hitite ruins in Janabi, Iraq, March 17, 2007. The U.S. Army soldiers are from 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and the Iraqi army soldiers Iraq to Mali: The changing calculus of war Al Jazeera
World Peace Report
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, right, speak during their meeting, in Moscow on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Syria says ready to talk with armed opposition The Star
Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he exits U.S. Air Force Boeing 757 upon arrival for visit to London, United Kingdom, 24 February, 2013. John Kerry set to meet David Cameron in London visit BBC News
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers and supporters of his Justice and Development Party in Kizilcahamam outside Ankara Governments need to talk with people, says Erdogan Khaleej Times
War on Terrorism
U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers search for weapons caches near Hitite ruins in Janabi, Iraq, March 17, 2007. The U.S. Army soldiers are from 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and the Iraqi army soldiers Iraq to Mali: The changing calculus of war Al Jazeera
Sarpanch shot dead by suspected militant in Jammu and Kashmir Sarpanch shot dead by suspected militant in Jammu and Kashmir The Siasat Daily
War on terror is the West's new religion War on terror is the West's new religion The Independent
Terrorist Organization Profiles
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks speaks to the media and members of the public from a balcony at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Assange who faces extradition to Sweden over sexual assault, claims which he denies, took refuge in the embassy in June. Julian Assange and the Tilted Scales of Justice CounterPunch
NATO
Suicide bombers target Afghan security forces Suicide bombers target Afghan security forces Philadelphia Daily News
Democrats push sequester, refuse alternative cuts Democrats push sequester, refuse alternative cuts Review Journal
Marine Corps leaders rise to the top among armed services Marine Corps leaders rise to the top among armed services Detroit Free Press
Kidnapping
Full StoryGilberto Valle Trial To Begin: Alleged NYPD 'Cannibal Co
Full StoryThe Kabyle Berbers, AQIM and the search for peace in Algeria
Full StoryThree held in Bihar for Delhi-based businessman's kidnap
Full Story3 held in Bihar for Delhi-based businessman's kidnap
Full StoryEgyptian journalist kidnapped
more
N.America Europe S.America Pacific Africa Asia

more
more
Sunday    Monday    Tuesday    Wednesday    Thursday    Friday    Saturday   
Media Kit | WN Toolbar | Languages | WN Links | Advertise | © 2013 WN Network
Contact our Advertising team for Advertising or Sponsorship on World News Network
CA FBI News
Climate of Fear
Democracy Daily
Disarmament News
Guantanamo
Human Rights Today
Iraq Hello
Mission Summary
NATO News
Near Impact
Qaeda News
Security Defence
UN Dialogue
Under Arrest
United Nations News
War Crimes News
War Risk Policy
WN Political
World Alcoholism
World Crimes