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Shootout kills 25 in Northeast Mexico
A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug dealers in northeast Mexico last week left 25 of the suspects dead. The incident began when anti-drug forces flying over Ciudad Mier, south of the Rio Grande, observed armed people in front of a building, the military said. Soldiers were dispatched on the ground. When they approached the…
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Cuban hostages back after 1 month
After being held hostage for a month, six Cuban immigrants were rescued by Mexican authorities. The kidnappers were demanding ransom from relatives of the hostages in Florida, between $8,000 and $10,000 a person. The Cubans were held hostage in Cancun, which is a common landing for smugglers bringing people from Cuba to continue on their…
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INTERNATIONAL
Flight from Iraq to U.K. finally a success The first commercial flight from Iraq to the United Kingdom in 20 years landed at London’s Gatwick Airport late Sunday night and took off for Baghdad Monday morning. Commercial air flights between the nations have been haulted since the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Among the people…
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WORLD
U.S. to negotiate Iran nuclear issue The United States has opposed a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program, wanting to first work through negotiations and United Nations sanctions to prevent the development of nuclear weapons. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied charges that Tehran is building weapons of mass destruction, asserting that the program…
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International
American serves eight years in N. Korea Aijalon Mahli Gomes, an American citizen was sentenced to eight years in prison after illegally entering North Korea in January. Gomes is an English teacher with strong Christian values and had taken part in anti-North Korean protests in the past. This is the third recent case of Americans…
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WORLD
Striking employees lose travel benefits British Airways carried out their threats against their currently on-strike employees to strip them of their travel perks. Staff who joined the strike last week will now lose discounted and occassionally free airfare. This decision comes after last weeks identical threat to remove travel perks by British Airways Chief Executive…
