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Death squads of drug gangs use increasingly grotesque methods to influence public opinion. Full story
U.S. gives Mexico $197 million for drug war
First part of long-awaited aid package is released as violence spirals. Full story
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Jewish settlers clash with Israeli troops
At least 20 hurt as violence flares during eviction in West Bank. Full story
Zimbabwe: Hospitals 'not functioning'
Minister declares national emergency and appeals for drugs, food, amid cholera outbreak. Full story
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Zimbabwe declares health emergency
Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over its cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health system due to the country's economic crisis.
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Mexican cartels send messages of death
The death squads of the drug cartels are killing in spectacularly gruesome ways, using the violence as a language to deliver a message to society.
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'Ill' Thai king fails to make speech
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has a throat infection and is on a drip, the crown princess said after he failed to make his traditional birthday eve address amid a crippling political crisis.
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Putin: Russia will survive 'difficult period'
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin predicted that Russia would weather the global economic crisis with "minimal losses" and he pledged to maintain rises in social spending and avoid a sudden devaluation.
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Judge affirms 'millennium bomber' sentence
A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday re-imposed a 22-year sentence on an Algerian convicted of plotting to bomb the Los Angeles airport at the turn of the millennium.
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Jewish settlers clash with Israeli troops
Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals at their evictors.
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Indian airports on high alert after warning
Airports in India went on high alert following fresh attack warnings as officials said India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the deadly Mumbai attacks.
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Final OK for Iraq-U.S. security pact
Iraq's three-member presidential council on Thursday approved a security pact with the United States setting out a three-year timeframe for the full withdrawal of U.S. troops, a spokesman said.
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