Ten Mexican police officers have been detained in connection with the torture and murder of 12 federal agents during a major escalation in the drug war.

A major rebel group in Darfur has let 60 prisoners go, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

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(BBC, July 16, 2009) London, UK - Pagan police officers in some areas are being allowed to take as many as eight days leave a year for events such as the summer solstice. It comes after the Pagan Police Association was set up following discussions...

SARGODA, Pakistan (CNN) -- Mohammed Iqbal said he has been told by his landlord to pay up on debts and is left with a choice facing others in this impoverished corner of Pakistan: Sell your children or a kidney.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities were searching Wednesday for two politicians accused of belonging to the Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which is blamed for killing more than 30 federal police officers in a series of attacks since Sat..

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Arrest warrants have been issued for another nine people associated with a fire at a day-care center in northwestern Mexico in June that killed 48 children, the state-run Notimex news agency said Saturday.

The Web site gooya.com reports that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is under house arrest, although that claim couldn't be verified.

The recent attacks in Australia are deplorable. Ironic is that Australia is the No. 2 destination for Indian Students, who want to study abroad. Education is Australia's third-largest export earner after coal and iron ore.

The former head of the Guinean armed forces is among 20 people expected to appear in court charged with drug trafficking in the next few days.