ICY STORM SLAMS SOUTHWEST, SHUTS DOWN NORTH TEXAS
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Icy conditions make for light traffic on the highways in Dallas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. As snow and freezing rain blanketed normally sun-swept North Texas, residents accustomed…
Latin America and Caribbean
MEXICO PLANS HOW TO SAFELY BOX UP RECOVERED COBALT
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Police agents cordon off an area in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Mexican troops and federal police kept a nighttime vigil guarding…
MEXICO RECEIVES LETTER FROM DRUG CAPO SOUGHT BY US
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of one of Mexico’s earliest and biggest drug cartels. Mexico’s…
EUROPE RIGHTS COURT TO HEAR OF SECRET CIA PRISONS
Polish lawyer Joseph Margulies, right, one of the lawyers of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah, checks his files as he arrives at the forth section of the European Court…
MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS NOW MAKE MONEY EXPORTING ORE
By MARK STEVENSON In this Aug. 14, 2013 photo, Mexican army soldiers enter the iron ore mine in the town of Aquila, Mexico. A resident of Aquila, said that since…
Ruling party candidate leads in Honduras pres vote
By ALBERTO ARCENational Party presidential candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks to supporters during his victory speech, after partial election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. The electoral court…
Deportations to Haiti continue after killings
Marie Matte Mayan 26, sleeps on the floor with her twins, Maudeline and Maudena Pierre an a shelter after being deported by Dominican Republic authorities, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Sunday Nov.…
CHILEAN STUDENT LEADER BACKS BACHELET’S REFORM
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Newly elected member of Congress and former student leader Camila Vallejo of the Communist Party attends a campaign rally for presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet in Santiago,…