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Mexico bristles as some U.S. states relax marijuana laws
MEXICO CITY — As more U.S. states permit medical marijuana, and California considers legalizing cannabis sales to adults, Mexico is voicing irritation at the gap between drug laws north and south of the border and saying it undercuts the battle against Mexico's ...
Jamaica arrests alleged gun, drug trafficker after monthlong search
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ending a monthlong search that has cost 76 people their lives, Jamaican authorities on Tuesday captured Christopher "Dudus" Coke, 42, an alleged trafficker in guns and drugs who is also wanted in the United States...
Rebel leaders confident they’ll capture Gadhafi, issue ultimatum to his loyalists
TRIPOLI, Libya — Revolutionary tourism was booming...
‘Chemical Ali’ is executed by Iraqi government
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government Monday hanged Ali Hassan Majid, one of the most notorious figures from Saddam Hussein's regime, who had earned the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his gassing of the Kurds in the late 1980s...
Afghan opium the most lethal drug worldwide, U.N. says
MOSCOW — Afghan opium kills more people every year than any...
U.S., other Haiti allies commit to 10-year rebuilding effort
MONTREAL — The United States and other allies of Haiti agreed Monday to a 10-year effort to rebuild Port-au-Prince and foster the long-term development that has eluded the Caribbean country despite decades of foreign assistance...
Scientists digging in Tibet find woolly rhinoceros fossil believed to be...
LOS ANGELES — Searching across the Tibetan plateau...
Kim Jong Un to face stiff challenges as North Korea’s new...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s newly-minted...
