Mexican police have seized what they say is one of the biggest amounts of cash confiscated in an anti-drug raid. More than $205m (£103m) were found in the Mexico City safe house, as well as guns and drugs. Seven people were arrested. They are accused of illegally importing chemicals used to make amphetamines. ...
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 Chechnya's Kremlin-backed president accuses federal authorities of torturing detainees |
Chechnya's newly installed, Kremlin-backed president accused federal authorities Friday of torturing detainees, echoing claims that have long been made by Russian and international rights groups.Ramzan Kadyrov's comments appeared to be an attempt to boost his popularity and deflect blame from his paramilitary security force, which has faced accusations of abductions, torture and other abuses.Kadyrov said inmates at a detention facility controlled by ORB-2, a unit of the federal Interior Ministry's southern district, were "systematically subjected to torture." He said regional prosecutors had opened an investigation into the situation at the facility in the town of Urus-Martan."We must solve the problem, because the torture and humiliation there are a blatant violation of human rights," Kadyrov said, according to a statement from his office....
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| Iraq cleric slams occupiers, Shi'ite mayor shot |
Radical Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged his followers on Friday to oppose occupying troops, raising the pressure on U.S.-backed Iraqi forces conducting a security crackdown in Baghdad. In a possible setback for the crackdown, the mayor of Sadr City, a Shi'ite militia stronghold in the capital, was wounded when gunmen opened fire on his car on Thursday.Sheikh Raheem al-Darruji has been a key figure in facilitating recent joint operations in Sadr City, long a no-go area for U.S. forces and a bastion of the Mehdi Army, a militia loyal to the fiercely anti-American Sadr.A statement from Sadr that was read out at prayers in Sadr City on Friday repeated his longheld opposition to the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq, and appeared to respond to recent statements by U.S. military officials who have said people in Sadr City were cooperating with them....
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| Eighth-Grader Known as 'Little Capone' Charged With Slaying of 13-Year-Old in Detroit |
Young gang members cornered an older teen who they suspected had covered up their group's graffiti, and a 14-year-old shot him and killed a 13-year-old bystander, police said.Caleb "Little Capone" Sosa was charged as an adult Thursday with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Conviction on the murder charge carries an automatic penalty of life in prison without parole.The shooting occurred before dawn Feb. 11, when police said Sosa and two or three other young gang members set out to punish the 19-year-old for the painted-over graffiti. The man fled to a friend's house, where Sosa shot and wounded him, police said.Christian Sanchez, 13, opened the door, and Sosa shot him in the head with the semiautomatic pistol, killing him instantly, police said....
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| Iranian president to get U.S. visa for U.N. visit Ahmadinejad to address Security Council next week on nuclear program |
The U.S. will approve Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s request for a visa so he can visit the U.N. as the Security Council moves to impose additional sanctions against his country for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday that the United States has approved a U.S. visa for Ahmadinejad previously and will do so again, consistent with its obligations as host country for the United Nations.Ahmadinejad has been a vociferous defender of his nation’s nuclear efforts and a critic of the U.S. On Thursday, the five permanent members of the Security Council — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France— along with Germany compromised on a sanctions package to step up pressure on the Islamic republic to suspend uranium enrichment. The full council will consider the measures in coming days....
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| Pope to Make First Visit to Latin America in May |
Pope Benedict XVI will make his first trip to Latin America in May, a visit to Brazil to address the region's Roman Catholic bishops, the Vatican said Friday.The pope will depart from Rome on May 9 and remain in Sao Paulo until May 11, when he goes to the city of Aparecida to open once-a-decade meeting of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.Bishops from Canada, the United States, Spain and Portugal also will attend, along with a small group of lay people and representatives of other denominations....
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