The New York Times

Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 00:00
The thrilling rescue of the 33 Chilean miners showed a can-do country in action.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 00:00
Soldiers and marines convicted in civilian trials would serve their sentences in military prisons, both for their protection and to keep them from the influence of organized-crime syndicates
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 00:00
Even those here who are pushing for the legalization of drugs — and in some circles “hard drugs,” like cocaine and heroin — concede that any major change in Mexico would probably be years away, regardless of what happens in California
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 00:00
The violence has begun to subside, thanks to the local police and the Mexican military, as well as the capture last January of Teodoro Garcia Simental, an infamous drug lord known as El Teo.
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 00:00
HOW has life in Mexico changed under the rising tide of drug violence? It’s difficult to say; it is what it is. It goes on
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 00:00
Here in Sinaloa, the western state where the modern drug trade began, poorly armed and ill-outfitted federal and state police were the first to fall
Friday, October 15, 2010 - 00:00
In the predawn hours of Oct. 17, 1973 - 37 years before the mine rescue, almost to the day - military personnel murdered 16 men near here.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 00:00
"Let me also commend so many people of goodwill, not only in Chile, but also from the United States and around the world, who are lending a hand in this rescue effort."
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 00:00
The Ecuadorean police have begun disciplinary proceedings against 13 officers who are accused of having played roles in a violent labor protest two weeks ago.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 00:00
Members of the rescue team in the miners’ refuge below held up a handmade banner reading "Mission Accomplished Chile."

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