U.S. agent killed, second wounded at Mexico drug gang blockade, officials say

U.S. agent killed, second wounded at Mexico drug gang blockade, officials say

A U.S. federal agent was shot dead Tuesday and a second wounded when they were intercepted by gunmen as they drove from Mexico City into a...

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 Agent's death may mean increased security for U.S. role in Mexico drug war

Agent's death may mean increased security for U.S. role in Mexico drug war

The fatal shooting of a U.S. federal agent in Mexico may lead to new security measures for the expanding corps of American personnel...

Mexico radio host rehired after alcohol flap

Mexico radio host rehired after alcohol flap

Maybe it was all talk.

Mexican slang is creative and, for some, too coarse for comfort

Mexican slang is creative and, for some, too coarse for comfort

Daniel Navarrete greets friends with what seems an unlikely term of affection — he calls them "ox."

 Single day's death toll in Ciudad Juarez is 18

Single day's death toll in Ciudad Juarez is 18

On an especially deadly day in Mexico's most violent city, gunmen barged into a beer joint and killed eight people, six of them waitresses.

Reporter loses job after saying Calderon should respond to alcoholism claims

Reporter loses job after saying Calderon should respond to alcoholism claims

Carmen Aristegui, one of Mexico's best-known news hosts, likes to stir the pot. But did she go too far by saying the president should answer...

Colombia's FARC rebels free hostage

Colombia's FARC rebels free hostage

Colombian rebels released the first of five political hostages they have promised to set free amid renewed hope in some quarters that the...

Passport puts Aristide closer to possible Haiti return

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was closer to being able to return home Tuesday after officials said they had issued a...

Strange bedfellows in Mexico's election season

Strange bedfellows in Mexico's election season

In another case of topsy-turvy political allegiances in Mexico, the conservative party of President Felipe Calderon on Monday appeared to...

Rape flourishes in rubble of Haitian earthquake

Rape flourishes in rubble of Haitian earthquake

Halya Lagunesse thought she knew despair. Nearly seven years ago, the soldiers who had killed her husband gang-raped the Haitian woman and...

Haiti officials exclude ruling party candidate from runoff

Facing international pressure, Haiti's electoral council Thursday dropped the ruling party candidate from the presidential runoff, a move...

Mexico's main leftist party keeps Guerrero governorship

Mexico's main leftist party keeps Guerrero governorship

Mexico's main leftist party appeared Monday to have retained the governorship in the southern state of Guerrero, thwarting the former ruling...

Mexico violence makes business travelers wary

With drug violence on the rise in Mexico, business travelers venturing abroad might want to think twice about traveling south of the border.

Both Guerrero gubernatorial candidates claim to be winning

Both Guerrero gubernatorial candidates claim to be winning

Both candidates for governor in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero claimed to have the edge Sunday in an acrimonious election that...

Guerrero election kicks off weighty Mexico political year

Guerrero election kicks off weighty Mexico political year

A bouncy Madonna tune thumps from loudspeakers on a campaign truck, an incongruous anthem for a political race draped in tension.

Mexican drug cartels suspected in American missionary's slaying

A 59-year-old American missionary was shot in the head and killed in northern Mexico, possibly because one of the local drug cartels coveted...

Baby Doc's return to Haiti revives dark memories of Duvalier era

Baby Doc's return to Haiti revives dark memories of Duvalier era

Jean-Claude Duvalier's unexpected return to Haiti after 25 years has awakened the ghosts of his repressive rule.

20 arrested in gun smuggling case

20 arrested in gun smuggling case

In a case aimed at stemming the flow of U.S. weapons to the Mexican drug war, federal authorities indicted 20 men Tuesday on charges of...

Hillary Clinton praises Mexico for its battle against drug cartels

Hillary Clinton praises Mexico for its battle against drug cartels

During a one-day trip south of the border, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday lauded Mexico for battling drug cartels she...

Duvalier breaks silence, offers condolences to quake victims

Duvalier breaks silence, offers condolences to quake victims

Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier broke his silence Friday, five days after arriving unexpectedly in his Caribbean birthplace, expressing...

Theories abound in Haiti over why Baby Doc came back

Theories abound in Haiti over why Baby Doc came back

There are as many theories about why Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti as there are cracks in the crumpled walls of the presidential...

Bahrain authorities launch surprise attack on protesters

U.S. worries Egypt military not doing enough

India attempts damage control in wake of corruption scandals

India attempts damage control in wake of corruption scandals

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