The Washington Post
Monday, July 15, 2013 - 00:00
The city's murder rate is now about four times Chicago's - a figure that actually represents progress. The rate has dropped by about 50 percent, in no small part due to the efforts of Cali's colorful mayor, Rodrigo Guerrero Velasco
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 08:09
A Ugandan rebel group in eastern Congo attacked a town close to the border, forcing more than 18,000 Congolese to flee to Uganda, officials said Friday.
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 07:50
Corruption is so systemic in Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s poorest countries, that a local hospital charges mothers-to-be $5 every time they scream while giving birth. That’s according to an extensive new report from Transparency International on corruption around the world, which also notes that a staggering 62 percent of Zimbabweans say they’ve paid a bribe in the past year.
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 00:00
Zacatecas Attorney General Arturo Nahle told Milenio Television a gunman survived and told authorities he belongs to the Gulf drug cartel.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 00:00
He said President Dilma Rousseff's state visit to Washington October was still on and that it would not be affected by the recent disclosures.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 06:20
DON’T LOOK now, but the most recent Muslim country to experience a Western military intervention is confounding the pessimists — including a few in the Obama administration. Over the weekend, the north African state of Mali lifted a state of emergency so that three dozen candidates could begin campaigning in a presidential election scheduled for later this month. This came just six months after France deployed troops to prevent the takeover of the country by Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda. Since then, the extremists have been routed and dispersed, a peace accord reached with a separatist movement and a U.N. peacekeeping force launched.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia's government did not comment on the allegations Tuesday. But other countries where O Globo said the NSA was active- among them Argentina and Ecuador, both of which have an adversarial relationship with Washington.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 00:00
Henrique Eduardo Alves said a group of lawmakers has found there's not enough time to organize the plebiscite so its results could take effect during next year's presidential race.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 00:00
U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch in Brooklyn, where Barrera also is facing charges, called Barrera "the kingpin of a stunningly prolific Colombian drug cartel, which flooded the globe with its deadly product".
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 12:13
A hijacked Malaysian-flagged ship that pirates have held off the coast of Somalia since November 2010 sank in rough seas, the European Union Naval Force said Monday, and a pirate commander said the ship had faced mechanical problems.