15/03/2009 |
Mexico - Drug cartels' new weaponry means war
Ken Ellingwood and Tracy Wilkinson | Los Angeles Times
Narcotics traffickers are acquiring firepower more appropriate to an army -- including grenade launchers and antitank rockets -- and the police are feeling outgunned. ...
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15/03/2009 |
Indonesia anti-terrorism chief says monitoring and trust are key
Paul Watson | Los Angeles Times
Saud Usman Nasution recently took over an elite anti-terrorism police unit. He attributes some of Indonesia's success in curbing attacks to rehabilitation of militants. ...
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15/03/2009 |
Kremlin shoots down general's musings
David Nowak | Washington Times
A Russian air force chief said Saturday that Moscow could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela, the Interfax news agency reported, but a Kremlin official quickly said the military had been speaking only hypothetically. ...
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15/03/2009 |
España - El médico Etarra que estudiaba y mataba
Javier Gómez | El Mundo
EL DOCTOR MUERTE: Su juramento hipocrático era salvar vidas. 50 días antes de presentarse a los exámenes del Mir, que aprobó raspado, le había pegado dos tiros al empresario Uría. ...
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15/03/2009 |
U.S. reconsiders its '2-war' readiness strategy
Thom Shanker | International Herald Tribune
The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the administration of President Barack Obama to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central premise of American strategy: that the nation need only prepare to fight two major wars at a time. ...
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15/03/2009 |
U.S. May Join Franco-German EU Copter Project
Reuters Staff | The Epoch Times
The United States may join a Franco-German project to build a new heavy transport helicopter that is already open to other EU states, the European Union said on Friday, a sign the economic crisis is hitting defence budgets. ...
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15/03/2009 |
La Iniciativa Mérida y el infortunio mexicano
Jose Luis Valdés Ugalde | Excelsior
A pesar de las declaraciones que van y vienen y de los discursos ciegamente optimistas, México y EU no acaban de cuadrar las nuevas condiciones de la urgente colaboración y cooperación conjunta en materia de seguridad y que tanto apremia la ciudadanía de ambos países. ...
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15/03/2009 |
DEA - El narco mexicano alcanza a Chile
José Vales | El Universal
Responsable de la agencia en el país lanza llamado de alerta. ...
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15/03/2009 |
Did 'Israel lobby' block Obama's pick for intelligence czar?
Simon Montlake | CSMonitor
Charles Freeman, nominee for chair of the National Intelligence Council, blames pro-Israeli lobbyists for scuttling his nomination. ...
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15/03/2009 |
Afganistán - la vuelta de los talibanes
Mikel Ayestaran | ABC
Ocho años después de la caída del Emirato Islámico que los talibanes instauraron en Afganistán, el nuevo Gobierno de Kabul, apoyado por toda la fuerza de la OTAN, es incapaz de controlar el país y los dirigentes afganos no tienen más remedio que hacer llamamientos desesperados al diálogo en busca de una reconciliación nacional. ...
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