Calderon Defends Drug War Amid Public Skepticism
President Calderon pledges no withdrawal of soldiers and police as cartel violence surges across Mexico. Gunmen kill, kidnap, and clash with troops in Nuevo Laredo, Taxco, Ciudad Juarez and other areas while critics doubting the strategy urge alternatives. The administration considers a public relations push to repair the image abroad and at home.
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Mexico City
Felipe Calderon
Mexico
Miguel Jimenez
Morelia
Calderon
Michoacan
Hector Aguilar
Milenio
Ciro Gomez
Nuevo Laredo
Bernardo Carrizales
Taxco
Cartel
Nayarit
Ney Gonzalez
Pacific Coast
Ciudad Juarez
Apodaca
Baja California
George Grayson
College of William & Mary
Virginia
Tamaulipas
National Human Rights Commission
Wildlife toll in Gulf oil spill remains smaller than Exxon Valdez
Scientists report 783 birds 353 turtles and 41 mammals dead as Gulf of Mexico oil spill unfolds. Researchers cite vast area and hidden deaths in marshes as factors while Greenpeace teams scan Barataria Bay for evidence.
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Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Doug Zimmer
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Greenpeace
Barataria Bay
John Hocevar
Gulf
Mark Robson
Division of
Marine Fisheries Management
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Law enforcement operation targets illegal gun possession in Albuquerque
ATF said the Albuquerque area operation aimed to remove illegal firearms from streets and target people who illegally possess or provide guns. Newell declined to detail methods. The effort involved Albuquerque police, Bernalillo County Sheriff, DEA, U.S. Marshals and federal and state prosecutors.
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Newell
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Sheriff's Office
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Marshal's Office
Iran sanctions and North Korea fears fuel global tensions
U.S. and EU sanctions target Iran’s Revolutionary Guard linked networks including banks, 22 companies, and more than 90 ships used to evade penalties. Geithner vows continued pressure as EU weighs tighter steps while North Korea warns of possible nuclear war after the South Korean ship sinking. Iran rejects UN and supports higher uranium enrichment citing fuel needs for a research reactor.
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Iran
Revolutionary Guard Corps
Britain
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
Germany
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Geithner
White House
European Union
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Russia
China
Obama
North Korea
North
Rodong Sinmun
Korean Central News Agency
Security Council
South Korea
United Nations
Turkey
Brazil
Ahmadinejad
U.N
Ali Larijani
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Carrizales
Pacific
Acapulco
Ident
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Shahnetene
Tehran
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