Italian authorities have seized hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in a crackdown on international drug trafficking, linked to a southern Italian crime organization. Police said Thursday they arrested about 10 suspected members of the crime syndicate ‘Ndrangheta in various locations across Italy. Police allege that the notorious clan, based in the southern Calabria region, has […]
Italian Police Seize Cocaine, Make Arrests in Drug Bust
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Mexico Discovers Largest Ever Marijuana Plantation
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
Mexico’s military says it has stumbled upon the largest marijuana plantation ever found in the country. General Alfonso Duarte said Thursday soldiers on patrol had discovered the 120-hectare field in the desert state of Baja California, which borders the United States. Duarte said dozens of men were tending to the plants, which had grown nearly […]
US Starts Investigation on Whether 9/11 Victims’ Phones Were Hacked
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has opened an investigation into whether the phones of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks and their families were hacked into by media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Law enforcement sources said Thursday the FBI will look into whether employees at Murdoch’s media firm illegally tried to […]
Oil Prices Dive
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Thursday: Crude oil prices slid more than $2 to settle at $95.69 a barrel. Prices plunged after the chairman of the Federal Reserve said U.S. central bank was in no rush to pump more money into the struggling U.S. economy. Coffee prices […]
US Stocks Fall
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
The major U.S. stock indexes fell in Thursday’s trading after the head of the U.S. central bank testified in Washington. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers the bank does not have any plan to inject more stimulus into the economy in the near future. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid four-tenths of a percent to […]
Diplomats Gather in Istanbul to Discuss Political Solution to Libyan Conflict
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
International diplomats are gathering in Istanbul to discuss a political solution to the civil war in Libya, whose leader Moammar Gadhafi has reiterated a vow to fight to the end against rebels trying to end his 42-year rule. Diplomats expected to attend Friday’s talks in the Turkish city include U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, […]
Diplomats Gather in Istanbul to Dicuss Political Solution to Libyan Conflict
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
International diplomats are gathering in Istanbul to discuss a political solution to the civil war in Libya, whose leader Moammar Gadhafi has reiterated a vow to fight to the end against rebels trying to end his 42-year rule. Diplomats expected to attend Friday’s talks in the Turkish city include U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, […]
Suicide Bomber Attacks Memorial for Afghan President’s Brother
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has attacked a mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, killing five people during a memorial service for the assassinated half-brother of President Hamid Karzai. The Interior Ministry said Thursday’s blast killed the head of Kandahar province’s religious council, Hekmatullah Hekmat. A child was also killed and another 15 people were wounded, […]
Sarkozy Sends Army Chief to Afghanistan
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is sending his army chief to Afghanistan to study ways to enhance the safety of French soldiers as they begin withdrawal from the country. French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet made the announcement after Mr. Sarkozy called an emergency meeting Thursday, following the deaths of six French soldiers in Afghanistan in the […]
Oil Prices Dive
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Thursday: Crude oil prices slid more than $2 to settle at $95.69 a barrel. Prices plunged after the chairman of the Federal Reserve said U.S. central bank was in no rush to pump more money into the struggling U.S. economy. Coffee prices […]
