Mexico City to issue handcuffs for 1200 officers
Mexico City police chief Marcelo Ebrard announced that 1200 officers received handcuffs and all 30,000 officers should be equipped by year end. Training required and use limited to violent crimes or drug and alcohol cases amid rights concerns over past abuses. In Stockholm, a garden treasure hunt unearthed 280 early 11th century silver coins on Gotland, with archaeologists planning further digs.
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Mexico City
Marcelo Ebrard
Ebrard
Maria Elena Alegria
Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Gotland
Leif Zerpe
London subway workers vote to strike over firings
London subway crews, led by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, will strike for 24 hours on March 12 to protest the firing of seven Metronet maintenance workers accused of drinking on the job. The walkout affects services used by about 1.4 million people. an eighth employee was demoted. The union says there is no evidence drinking occurred while on duty.
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Metronet
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Mexican police deploy 600 federal officers to curb fuel theft
Mexico City government routes 600 federal police to monitor oil moving from the Tula refinery to Toluca, aiming to stop chronic fuel diversions. Public Security Secretary Alejandro Gertz calls the theft a major corruption case, noting hundreds of millions of pesos vanish yearly.
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Mexico City
Alejandro Gertz
Gertz
Tula
Toluca
Gotlanders tied to Elbe region trading hub in 1050
Stockholm University coin expert Kennet Jonsson notes Gotlanders moved toward the Elbe area around 1050. Archaeological finds are common on Gotland, an important historic trading hub, now a popular summer vacation destination.
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Elbe
Germany
Kennet Jonsson
Stockholm University
Gotland
New Iraqi constitution marks federal system and shared powers
In Baghdad the interim constitution envisions Iraq as a federal state with Arabic and Kurdish as official languages. A directly elected national assembly will appoint a president and prime minister, limiting presidential war powers to parliamentary approval. The charter includes a 13 point bill of rights and guarantees free speech and due process.
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L. Paul Bremer
United States
Canada
Brazil
India
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Seven Russians Released From Guantanamo Bay Detention
The United States handed over seven Russian citizens detained at Guantanamo Bay to Russia under an agreed settlement. Russian officials said they were charged with illegal border crossing mercenary activity and involvement in a criminal group for fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Detainees include residents from Tatarstan Bashkortostan Chelyabinsk and other regions.
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Sergei Fridinsky
Interfax
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Distant galaxy Abell 1835 IR1916 found by astronomers
French and Swiss researchers report the farthest observed galaxy Abell 1835 IR1916 in Virgo. At 13.23 billion years light travel, it shows a baby universe, about ten thousandth the Milky Way’s mass, supporting early galaxy formation theories.
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Roser Pello
Associated Press
Virgo
Milky Way
Daniel Schaerer
Geneva Observatory
Schaerer
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