China and Russia joined with Arab and Muslim states yesterday in urging the U.N.'s human rights watchdog to ignore a report from a mission to Darfur that blamed Sudan for continuing war crimes against civilians there. The two permanent Security Council members argued that the mission, led last month by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams, failed to gain access to the vast western region of Sudan and had not fulfilled its mandate. Despite warnings from Western and some African states that failure to act would undermine the credibility of the newly formed Human Rights Council, Muslim and Arab states and their allies backed Sudan's assertion that the report had no legal basis. ...
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 $206 million in U.S. currency seized in drug raid |
Mexican law-enforcement authorities yesterday seized more than $206 million in U.S. currency during a raid on the headquarters of a suspected methamphetamine gang in a home in an upscale suburb of Mexico City. Rafael Laveaga, spokesman for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, described the seizure which included more than two tons of mostly $100 bills as the largest cash seizure in Mexican history. Two of seven persons arrested at the home were identified as Chinese nationals, Mr. Laveaga said, adding that the raid "hinted at the vast scope of an illegal drug trade that links Mexico to Asia." Mexican authorities said the arrests were the culmination of an undercover investigation that began in December when authorities seized 20 tons of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the production of methamphetamines. The seizure occurred at the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas on the Pacific coast...
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| Teen killed after affair with teacher; husband charged |
In a tragic twist to a familiar story, a teenager who had sex with his married 30-year-old teacher was fatally shot outside the woman's home, and authorities have charged the woman's husband."You see all this stuff with teachers involved with their students. It just comes up time after time on the national news," said Norman McLean, father of suspect Eric McLean. But this time, he said, someone "actually died over it."McLean's wife, Erin, had completed half of a one-year teaching internship at West High School, where she met 18-year-old Sean Powell last fall.Powell's mother, who gave him up for adoption a dozen years ago but re-established contact in 2005, said her son acknowledged having an affair with a teacher....
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| Macho men recover from injury sooner |
Score one for the old-fashioned he-man: The more masculine a man, the faster he heals. "For years, experts have said that the strong, silent male is not one to ask for help when he's hurt, and therefore at a disadvantage when it comes to getting better. But new research says this might not be completely accurate," according to a new study released yesterday by University of Missouri psychologists. "This masculine identity often associated with men in the armed forces and other high-risk occupations may actually encourage and quicken a man's recovery from serious injuries," the study stated. It is the first research to draw correlations between masculinity and recovery from injury, challenging previous studies indicating that stalwart manliness could encourage dangerous activities -- and discourage men from seeking help....
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| Gates warns US plans to maintain presence in region 'for decades' |
The US is ready to defend its interests in the Middle East for decades to come, even though the Iraq war has been tougher than expected, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged his followers Friday to oppose occupying troops, raising the pressure on US-backed Iraqi forces conducting a security crackdown in Baghdad. Gates was speaking at a ceremony where Admiral William Fallon was formally installed as the new head of US Central Command, putting him in charge of US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia. Gates said the United States will continue to stand by its allies in the region....
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| U.S. Troop Buildup in Iraq Approaches 30,000 |
The Pentagon is sending an additional Army brigade of 2,600 troops to Iraq, raising the number of soldiers approved for President George W. Bush's security plan to nearly 30,000, a senior defense official said on Friday.Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the early deployment of the Army's Third Infantry Division combat aviation brigade to support 21,500 combat troops being sent to quell sectarian violence in Baghdad and Iraq's Anbar province, the official said.The brigade, which provides ground forces with a full complement of helicopters, had been scheduled to deploy to Iraq in early summer as part of a regular Army troop rotation, said the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity....
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